Legislative Council deputy, Issa Qaraqa', is working to expose the Israeli practice of conducting medical experiments on Palestinian political prisoners. Qaraqa' is the former Director of the Palestinian Prisoner Society and is in charge of prisoner affairs in the PLC.

He said that while proper medical treatment is neglected, there were 14 deaths during the past seven years attributed to medical experiments. The PLC deputy said, “These tests are being conducted without their knowledge.”

Qaraqa' said, “There are 1,000 experimental medicines being used in serious tests conducted annually on Palestinian and Arab political prisoners with an annual increase in volume of 15 percent.”

He said that members of the Israeli Knesset have knowledge of the tests and support is given by the government, “contravening international principles.”

The Fourth Geneva Convention prohibits such acts.