This is a short list of highlights of Michael Tarazi's excellent report on Palestinian Prisoners, which might be useful to those who, like most of us, were too inundated to read the full text!

* Number of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, as of July 8, 2003: 5892

* Number of children under the age of 18 among the prisoners: 351

* Minimum age of children who can be arrested according to Israeli Military Order #132: 12

* The length of Suad Ghazal's sentence, in years: 6.5

* Suad Ghazel's age when she was sentenced: 15

* Number of days she spent in solitary confinement: 17

* Percentage of Palestinian prisoners who have actually been put on trial: 24.8%

* Number of Palestinians in "administrative detention," that is, prisoners who have not been charged with any crime: 786

* Maximum number of months a Palestinian can be detained by an administrative order: 6

* Number of consecutive administrative detention orders allowed by Israeli law: unlimited

* Number of Israeli judges needed to approve an administrative detention order: 0 (zero)

* Number of years Khalid Jaradat was held in administrative detention,
with only one week release between separate administrative orders: 12

* Number of Palestinian prisoners released by Israel on June 3, 2003: 121

* Number of Palestinian prisoners among them who have actually been tried:
1 (one).

* Percentage of the Palestinian population (including women and children)
in the Occupied Territories who have been detained or imprisoned by Israel at some point: about 20%

* Percentage of Palestinian prisoners who are still subjected to torture,
according to Israeli human rights groups: 85%

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