Israel introduces bill to limit medical treatment for Palestinian prisoners
Israel's parliament on Thursday passed the first stage of a bill to stop funding non-essential medical treatment for Palestinians in Israeli prisons, in the latest series of punitive measures taken against detainees. The authors of the bill, which was supported by 42 Knesset members, described Israel's existing prison policy as "unreasonably lenient" towards security prisoners. It is unclear what the authors of the bill deem as non-essential medical treatment. "The medical services provided by […]
