That Jericho jail the Israelis just raided? These were the conditions for the prisoners. None of that blasted American Skippy treatment:
- 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.
