In the novel we are reading, Wild Thorns written in 1976, there are scenes of Palestinians detained in an Israeli prison. This is still an on-going issue in 2007. During the the second Intifada, from 2000-03 there were 28,000 Palestinians incarcerated in prisons or prison camps, according to a Fidh report, a French human rights organization. Such imprisonment includes children and may involve torture according to The Jerusalem Fund. Conditions remain harsh according to the BBC. The website Islam On Line claimed in 2006 that 20% of the Palestinian population has been detained at one point or another. News last week in the Boston Globe about a prisoner release for Ramadan.
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