n... fiell. believers eere not allorred to pray togettler in prison, even intheir cel1s. nhen the faithful prayed, breaching the prison requlatrons, theywere exposed to torture and naltreatrnent. The guards eould put lhem in aseparate cerl and they eould be brought before a tri.bunal, very often thePalestinian fighters sbed their blood in prlson, simpty for the right to praytogether. Believers $ere not alloeed to pray on Friday; as stipulated in theKoran, they are required to pray together. In fact, it ne even asked to beallowed to pray together on Friday in the prison court, I,e rrere not arroped todo so. The prlson and the Israeli authoriiies refused to alloe us to do Lt.But ee said, rcod is great. God is Alnighty, $e can pray tn our cells,. Butthis ',as contrary to orders given to us in prison. Those who prayed or calledto prayer nere exposed to physical torture. subsequentry we learned tnatnearinq a beard ',as recomnended and we grew our beards. They aridn't r.ikethls, but lre aald, rcod is all-porerful, and through the prophet he told us togtor, our beardar. ne said, rThe god of this prison is another godr. Theysald, rYou have to obey the goal of this prison, you can,t obey any other god,,but re refused to 90 along t{ith that. nL contfnuea to pray t.i ai^iqnty C"dand refused to obey the orders of Hhat they 6aw as the god of that prison.n(A/AC. t45/Rr .426', 5. Freedon of expresslon (see sect. IV.C, paras. 159 to 169 belor) 45. A nuhber of eitnessesrays in uhich the right toappearing before tbe Special Comrnlttee described severalfreedm of expression rras curtailed under tbeoccupation, particularly in regard nat ionalist Palestinian asp i rat ion. his testimony:A/40/7o2 Enq lish Paqe 23 to any statement in any form related to Mr. Yussef Khalil stated in the course of '... First of all, Palestinian art eorks and books are confiscated' More than 3,0d0 books are banned from pubtlcation and circulation on the Palestinian market. These books $hich deal wittl aII questions concerning Palestinlans' for exanple, rthe Hlstory of the 1936-1939 Revotutionr by Ghasan Kanafany and 'UnSaad'bythesaneauthor'ThereareoLherexamplesashrellinthecaseof books such as theatre and poetry. The poet Yussuf Eamed eas irnprisoned nore than once for having publ'ished certain poens. This also affects the theatre' The Zionist authoritres haee closed the tbeatre used by the Dababis qrouP in Ranallah on more than one occasion and lnpr isoned many members of tbat group' They have been prevented fron perforninq thelr Plays in the Stest Bank' There is also the Bilatin troupe and the grouP of the Palestinian Peoplers Theatre in Jerusalen. l4any nernDers of tha! grouP have also been inprisoned' People have been inprisoned because of thelr work 1n the theatre' and they include
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a testimony about the experiences of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons, highlighting the restrictions on their religious practices, freedom of expression, and cultural activities. It discusses the confiscation of books, imprisonment of artists and writers, and restrictions on prayer and cultural performances. The text also touches on the theme of human rights and the occupation.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, Culture