Perks in Prison...

The Times of London lists the perks the Palestinian prisoners, seized by Israel, had in the jail in Jericho.

# Monitors complained that Saadat, Shobaki and the four other “special” prisoners were given the run of the compound by Palestinian guards

# They were not “locked down” at night

# They were never separated from the 300 other prisoners

# They had mobile phones and computers; Shobaki ordered the monitors’ phone jammers to be turned off

# They had up to 90 visitors a week and used other prisoners “as domestic staff”

# Saadat kept birds and had a big book collection

# Inmates and guards referred to Shobaki as “brigadier”. He smoked up to five Cuban cigars a day