Palestinian enters 38th year in Israel jails January 7, 2021 at 11:11 am | Published in: Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine Karim Younis, the longest-serving political prisoner who has been incarcerated by Israel since 1983 [Ma'an News Agency] January 7, 2021 at 11:11 am Karim Younis, the longest-serving Palestinian prisoner in Israeli jails, yesterday marked his 38th year in the occupation prisons, the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said in a statement. Younis was born in 1956 in the village of Ara, Israel. While on his way to university on 6 January 1983, he was arrested by the Israeli occupation forces and jailed. He was charged with helping the Palestinian resistance and handed a life term. The sentence was later reduced to 40 years.