on kidnappings and prisoners:
Palestinians commemorate the Day of the Political Prisoner on 17 April, as statistics reveal one in five Palestinians have been imprisoned at some point by Israel throughout the 40 years of Israeli occupation. To Palestinians, the 10,000 people currently in Israeli jails are political prisoners held illegally by the occupation.
(...) Since the kidnapping of Shalit, Israel has stepped up its detention campaigns, imprisoning over 3500 Palestinians, including 41 elected parliamentarians.
(...) Every Monday, families of the 10,000 Palestinians imprisoned by Israel stage sit-ins at Red Cross offices in their cities to demand freedom for their loved ones. Among those still held by Israel are almost 400 children and 120 women. Another 900 are called administrative detainees, imprisoned without facing charges or a trial date.