The statement said that Palestinian political prisoners were held in cells very close to those of Israeli women held over criminal charges, and they were subjected to routine verbal abuse from the Israeli prisoners.
According to the statement, the longest serving female prisoner is Lina al-Jarbouni, who has been jailed since 2002.
“Palestinian women continue to suffer severe psychological, physical, and emotional abuse and endure grave acts of oppression, violence, and hardship at the hands of Israel and its unbridled violations," Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee Member Hanan Ashrawi said in a statement on Tuesday to mark the eve of International Women's Day.
According to Ashrawi, since the Israeli military takeover of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip in 1967, some 15,000 Palestinian women and girls have been imprisoned by Israeli authorities.
