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Among the over 11,650 Palestinian prisoners locked up inside Israeli jails, there are 325 “veteran prisoners”. The “Veteran Prisoners” is an expression used by prisoner movements and organizations to refer to Palestinian prisoners who have been locked up in Israeli jails since before the signing of the so-called peace agreement between Israel and the PLO in 1993. There are 108 Palestinian prisoners who have spent more than 20 years inside Israeli jails. These prisoners are called the “deans” of Palestinian prisoners. According to Abdel Nasser Farawna, a Prisoner Affairs expert, 20 of those belonging to the “deans of prisoners” list are from Jerusalem, 16 are from the Palestinian Territories occupied in 1948, and 72 are from the Occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Among the Palestinian “deans of prisoners” there are 13 prisoners who have been in Israeli prisons for more than 25 years.

These prisoners are:

  • Na’il Saleh Al Bargouhti: In prison since 04.04.1978 (approximately 45 years and 5 months)

  • Fakhri (Asfour) Abdallah Al Bargouthi: In prison since 23.06.1978 (approximately 45 years and 3 months)

  • Akram Abdel Aziz Mansour: In prison since 02.08.1979 (approximately 44 years and 1 month)

  • Fouad Qasem Al-Razem: In prison since 30.01.1981 (approximately 42 years and 7 months)

  • Ibrahim Fadel Jaber: In prison since 08.01.1982 (approximately 41 years and 7 months)

  • Hasan Ali Salma: In prison since 08.08.1982 (approximately 41 years and 11 months)

  • Othman Ali Misleh: In prison since 15.10.1982 (approximately 41 years)

  • Sami Khaled Younis: In prison since 05.01.1983 (approximately 41 years and 8 months)

  • Karim Yousif Younis: In prison since 06.01.1983 (approximately 41 years and 8 months)

  • Maher Abdel Latif Younis: In prison since 20.01.1983 (approximately 41 years and 7 months)

  • Salim Ali Al Kayal: In prison since 30.05.1983 (approximately 41 years and 3 months)

  • Hafith Qundus: In prison since 15.05.1984 (approximately 40 years and 4 months)

  • Issa Abed Rabbo: In prison since 20.10.1984 (approximately 39 years and 11 months)