The Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails entered on Sunday day 20 of their disobedience steps which they staged in protest at the arbitrary punitive measures that were taken against them recently at the behest of far-right security minister Itamar Ben Gvir.
As part of their protest program the prisoners decided today to continue wearing the prison uniform to close all the sections of their jails from 10:00 a.m. to 01:00 p.m. and to hold sessions to discuss the next steps at 05:30 p.m.
In addition to the joint protest steps taken by Palestinian prisoners in different jails the detainees in Negev jail will refuse to leave their cells today while others in Nafha jail will obstruct the routine security checks and knock on the windows of their cells.
Recently the prisoners launched a number of disobedience steps after Ben Gvir started to give orders that deprived them of their rights including the closure of bakeries inside the prisons and limiting the shower time for each inmate to four minutes. In addition the prisoners are protesting against the transfer of hundreds of their mates to other prisons.
A few days ago Ben Gvir also issued new orders that would prevent many families from visiting their relatives in Negev jail with no justification and deprive the prisoners of obtaining clothes from their visitors.
