Since the Israelis illegaly occupied the autonomous regions of the West Bank, Gaza, and the Golan Heights and East Jerusalem, they routinely torture, kill and deprive Palestinians of their rights. Under Israeli control the Palestinians have no freedom of movement, no freedom of speech or press, no jury of peers,no trials,imprisonment without just cause, no right to education,no right to an attorney, no right to property,no right to trade or profit from good crossing borders. Many codified international laws have been broken during this 50 year occupation. All Palestinians are issues ID cards and, if lucky, permits to cross checkpoints. I often could not go outside the village with my friends and daily there is a lineup of men at the checkpoints going to prison for trying to go to work,shop,visit or to the hospital in Israel without permits.
Prisons are torture chambers, the torture causes internal physical and psychological damage.
3500 Palestinians are political prisoners right now. Israel also illegally confiscates Palestinian lands. If East Jerusalem comesunder full Israeli control, the Palestinians cannot pray at the Temple Mount or Holy Sepulchre. As well, the best Arab hospitals and jobs would be lost-destroying Palestinian lives and livelihood. After July 30, when a bomb by two Hamas suicide bombers exploded in a Jewish market, millions or surviving Palestinians suffered when Israeli closures were imposed.