How Israel's 'apartheid legal system' has led to so many Palestinians being held in prison

Harrowing testimonies of abuse and torture from Palestinians who have been held in Israeli jails have increased since 7 October, including those released last week as part of the increasingly fragile ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. Subscribe ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn Earlier this week, at least 135 mutilated bodies of Palestinians returned by Israel to Gaza after the ceasefire had marks suggesting they were tortured and then killed during their detention at the notorious Sde Teiman detention centre, Palestinian doctors have said. But the treatment of Palestinians once they get to prison is not the only problem with Israel’s justice system, human rights organisations warn. “Civil rights organisations say that the Israeli prison system and the mass incarceration of Palestinians within the occupied Palestinian territories is another tool in the occupation's toolbox,” says Guardian reporter William Christou. The “two-tier” criminal justice system in Palestinian occupied territories, especially the West Bank, has led to the high number of Palestinian prisoners still in Israeli jails. Israel was accused of systemic oppression that amounts of apartheid by human rights organisations, as well as the UN and the international court of justice last year. The mass incarceration of Palestinians has only gotten worse since 7 October, reports Christou – and is highly likely to continue. Watch the video to find out more, and for our full reporting tap the link ► https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/14/freed-palestinians-describe-horrors-of-israeli-jail #israel #palestine #westbank #israelisettlers #israelisettlements #occupiedwestbank #prison #middleeast #massincarceration