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A Palestinian Bedouin detainee has died in an Israeli prison this week amid reports of medical negligence and systematic abuse common in Israeli jails, Palestinian rights groups confirmed on Saturday. Juma Abu Ghanima died five days after reports emerged that his health was seriously deteriorating, the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Society Prisoners’ Club (PPS) said in an official statement. The 26-year-old was transferred from Eshel prison in the Naqab (Negev) Desert to an Israeli hospital after he was found unconscious in his cell, after his health began to rapidly dec…

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