The Forgotten Captives: Israel Still Imprisoning 9,000 Palestinians Even After Hostage Deal

Even after having released almost 2,000 people last week, the Israeli military is still holding about 9,000 Palestinians, in what it calls security prisoners or detainees," says Sari Bashi, an Israeli American human rights lawyer and former program director at Human Rights Watch. Only about a thousand of them have actually been convicted of any crime. The vast majority of people being held are being held without trial."

Bashi also says the genocide has been hell" for her Palestinian husband, whose family is based in Gaza. Their relationship is chronicled in Bashi's forthcoming memoir, Upside-Down Love.