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The term Palestinian prisoners refers to Palestinians held by the Israeli Defense Forces or the Israel Prison Service for reasons related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Form 1967 to 1988 more than 600,000 Palestinians have been held in Israeli jails for a week or more. Those arrested were subject either to trial or Administrative detention.

In 2007, the number of Palestinians under administrative detention averaged about 830 per month and include women and minors under the age of 18. By March 2008, more than 8,400 Palestinians were held by Israeli civilian and military authorities, of which 5,148 were serving sentences, 2,167 were facing legal proceedings and 790 were under administrative detention often without charge or knowledge of the suspicions against them. The main prisons where prisoners are held are Ofer Prison in the West Bank, Megiddo prison and Ketziot prison in Israel.

There are several Palestinian leaders and politicians held in Israeli jails, including dozens of Hamas members of the Palestinian Legislative Council as well as ministers, mayors of various towns and cities in the West Bank. Marwan Bargouti a leader of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades militia and the al-Mustaqbal political party, and Ahmad Sa'adat secretary-general of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine are also held by Israel.

Notes

1. Arrests, imprisonment and torture, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, retrieved June 27, 2008.
2. Administrative Detention, B'Tselem, retrieved June 27, 2008.
3. 2007 Annual Report: Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, B'Tselem, Special Report, December 2007.
4. ^ Who are the Mid-East prisoners: Palestinian prisoners BBC News. 2008-03-31.

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