Palestinian prisoner begins 36th year in Israeli jail
A Palestinian prisoner in Israel is now in his 36th year behind bars, the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) has revealed. Muhammad Altus from Jabaa in the Bethlehem governorate in the occupied West Bank, was arrested in 1985 for resisting the Israeli occupation as a member of Fatah. The 65-year-old was shot and severely wounded when he was arrested and then sentenced to life in prison. He is now the third […]