Palestinian Prisoners in Israel
The Death of Arafat Jaradat
This afternoon (Sunday, 24 February 2013), at the National Center for Forensic Medicine, an autopsy was
performed on the body of Arafat Jaradat by Prof. Yehuda Hiss, in the presence of Prof. Arnon Afek, Director of
the Health Administration at the Ministry of Health, and Palestinian pathologist Dr. Saber Aloul.
During the autopsy, no signs of external trauma were found apart from those pertaining to resuscitation
[attempts] and a small graze on the right side of his chest. No evidence of disease was found during the
autopsy. Two internal hemorrhages were detected, one on the shoulder and one on the right side of the chest.
Two ribs were broken, which may indicate resuscitation attempts.
The initial findings cannot determine the cause of death. At this stage, until microscopic and toxicology
reports are in, the cause of death cannot be tied to the autopsy findings."
--from the Israeli Ministry of Health
Deaths of Prisoners in Police Custody in the UK
Following the death of Arafat Jaradat, the UK made the following statement "It is important that the Israeli
authorities conduct a full investigation into the circumstances of his death. This investigation should
include the Palestinian allegations of mistreatment of Jaradat."
What utter hypocrisy!! According to the Guardian newspaper, 1,433 people in the UK have died either in police custody or following other contact with the police since 1990.
950 deaths took place in custody, 317 following a police pursuit, 112 were the result of a road traffic incident involving a police vehicle and 54 were police shootings.
Keep in mind that these victims were not in prison, and had not yet been charged with any crime when they died. In other words, many of them were in administrative detention.
This afternoon (Sunday, 24 February 2013), at the National Center for Forensic Medicine, an autopsy was
performed on the body of Arafat Jaradat by Prof. Yehuda Hiss, in the presence of Prof. Arnon Afek, Director of
the Health Administration at the Ministry of Health, and Palestinian pathologist Dr. Saber Aloul.
During the autopsy, no signs of external trauma were found apart from those pertaining to resuscitation
[attempts] and a small graze on the right side of his chest. No evidence of disease was found during the
autopsy. Two internal hemorrhages were detected, one on the shoulder and one on the right side of the chest.
Two ribs were broken, which may indicate resuscitation attempts.
The initial findings cannot determine the cause of death. At this stage, until microscopic and toxicology
reports are in, the cause of death cannot be tied to the autopsy findings."
--from the Israeli Ministry of Health
Deaths of Prisoners in Police Custody in the UK
Following the death of Arafat Jaradat, the UK made the following statement "It is important that the Israeli
authorities conduct a full investigation into the circumstances of his death. This investigation should
include the Palestinian allegations of mistreatment of Jaradat."
What utter hypocrisy!! According to the Guardian newspaper, 1,433 people in the UK have died either in police custody or following other contact with the police since 1990.
950 deaths took place in custody, 317 following a police pursuit, 112 were the result of a road traffic incident involving a police vehicle and 54 were police shootings.
Keep in mind that these victims were not in prison, and had not yet been charged with any crime when they died. In other words, many of them were in administrative detention.
