Mohjat al-Quds Foundation said on Sunday that the isolated Palestinian detainee Anas Jaradat 36 from Silat al-Harithiya village in Jenin city is suffering from a disease in the liver as a result of the deliberate medical negligence policy practiced by the Israeli prison service against him.
In a letter by Jaradat to Mohjat al-Quds the detainee said that he had a blood test when he was in Hadarim prison in 2009 which showed that he had a liver disease called Jaundice. However he added the prison administration didn’t tell him about the result despite the fact that he was suffering from some symptoms including yellowing of the eyes.
Jaradat said that when he was isolated at the Megiddo prison in May 2016 he knew about his disease after the prison infirmary doctor asked him about the kind of medication he takes for his liver.
He mentioned in the letter that the doctor confirmed that he has a liver disease and told him to get a blood test and two months later he had the test but was not informed about the result. Few days ago Jaradat asked the administration of Ashkelon prison where he is currently isolated to tell him the result of the test and inform him about his health condition. He was told that he has a disease in the liver.
For its part Mohjat al-Quds Foundation held the Israeli occupation authorities and the Israeli prisons service responsible for the life of Anas Jaradat pointing out that they pursue a blatant policy of deliberate medical negligence against the Palestinian detainees and do not provide them the necessary treatment and health care guaranteed by the international laws and conventions especially Geneva conventions.
The Foundation called on the International Committee of the Red Cross and the UN human rights organizations to “do their humanitarian duty stipulated by the international laws and conventions towards the Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli jails and send specialized doctors to conduct periodic checkups on the prisoners and provide them the necessary treatment and health care”.
Jaradat is a single young man who was arrested by the Israeli occupation forces on 11th May 2003 and sentenced to life imprisonment 35 times in addition to 35 years on charges of being a member of the Islamic Jihad movement and its armed wing al-Quds Brigades and planning martyrdom operations two of which led to killing 31 Israelis. Jaradat has the longest sentence among the prisoners of the Islamic Jihad.
