Palestinian prisoners in Israel (or as used by Israel Prison Service: Security prisoner) refers to Palestinians imprisoned in Israel in the wake of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. The future of Palestinian prisoners detained by Israel is considered central to progress in Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations.
Most of the prisoners have been tried in Israeli legislative courts, while 169 are held in administrative detention.
In December 2011, 4,772 security prisoners were serving terms in Israeli jails. Of these, 552 were sentenced to life terms. As of April 2013, there were approximately 4,700 security prisoners in Israeli jails, most of whom are Palestinian men from the West Bank and Gaza area, convicted of participating in terror attacks.
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