Threat: Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israel

Abeer Baker is a senior lawyer with Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel (NGO) and heads the Legal Clinic for Prisoners' Rights, in the Law Faculty of Haifa University.

The most ambitious book ever attempted on the conflict between Zionism and the Palestinians ... a great and important book.' Edward Said

Preface: The Palestinian Prisoners: Politicization and De-Politicization, by Abeer Baker and Anat Matar Notes on Contributors Part I - Analyses 1 The Centrality of the Prisoners' Movement to the Palestinian Struggle against the Israeli Occupation: A Historical Perspective, by Maya Rosenfeld 2 Towards a Materialist Reading of Political Imprisonment in Palestine, by Esmail Nashef 3 Who Is a Security Prisoner and Why? An Examination of the Legality of Prison Regulations Governing Security Prisoners, by Alon Harel 4 The Security Risk as a Security Risk: Notes on the Classification Practices of the Israeli Security Services, by Yael Berda 5 Palestinian Women Political Prisoners and the Israeli State, by Nahla Abdo 6 Prison Policy and Political Imprisonment in Northern Ireland and Israel, by Alina Korn Part II - Arrest, Interrogation, Trial, Release 7 The Arrest and Persecution of Elected Political Leaders Interview with Sheikh Muhammad Abu-Teir, Interviewed by Abeer Baker and Anat Matar 8 My Arrests, My Interrogations, by Osama Barham 9 Colonel and Major (poem), by Avigdor Feldman 10 Welcome to Shin Bet Country, by Avigdor Feldman 11 A Decade after the High Court of Justice "Torture" Ruling, What's Changed?, by Bana Shoughry-Badarne 12 The Mysteries of Administrative Detention, by Tamar Pelleg-Sryck 13 Reframing the Legality of the Israeli Military Courts in the West Bank: Military Occupation or Apartheid?, by Sharon Weill 14 Are There Prisoners in this War?, by Smadar Ben-Natan 15 Institutional Schizophrenia: The Release of "Security Prisoners" in Israel, by Leslie Sebba 16 Prisoner Exchange Deals: Between Figures and Emotions, by Mounir Mansour Part III - Inside Prison 17 Females Prisoners and the Struggle: A Personal Testimony, by Ittaf Alian (Hodaly) 18 Devil's Island: Transfer of Palestinian Detainees into Prisons within Israel, by Michael Sfard 19 Family Visits to Palestinian Prisoners Held inside Israel, by Sigi Ben-Ari and Anat Barsella 20 Isolation and Solitary Confinement of Palestinian Prisoners and Detainees in Israeli Facilities, by Sahar Francis and Kathleen Gibson 21 The Impact of Isolation on Mental Health, by Ruchama Marton Consciousness Molded or the Re-Identification of Torture, by Walid Daka Index