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How far do Palestinians have to go to have their voices heard? : Comments
By Jim Barr, published 28/5/2012This month marks the 64th anniversary of what Israelis call their independence, and what Palestinians call the Nakba – or catastrophe.
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Posted by 1ercrusty, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 1:24:05 AM
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@ Gaggiagirl: Please at least try to get your facts straight! You can't ignore verified statistics. I took 15 seconds to Google for them and immediately was presented with several reports which jived well. Here is one batch of stats collected by Addameer - a prisoner rights organisation - in a chart at the bottom of its home page: http://www.addameer.org/index.php
The detainees' key demands, which are supported by a host of international human rights and prisoner advocacy groups, are an end to imprisonment without trial or charge ("administrative detention"), an end to solitary confinement; allowing families from Gaza to visit prisoners in Israeli jails; access to educational materials; and an end to strip searches and night-time raids on cells. Would you not agree those demands are important for any prisoner - especially in a country that claims to be a democracy - regardless of the charge against them? The issue of prisoners' rights has strong resonance among the majority of Palestinian families, because most of whom have seen relatives jailed unjustly and without charge over the years. The current situation: according to the Addameer on 1 May there were 4,635 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, including 308 on administrative detention, seven women and 218 children. Now, just how many of those do you think were violent murderers? Posted by Clair, Thursday, 31 May 2012 2:33:42 PM
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Lest people be unaware of how the state of Israel defines "administrative detention" and how it is practiced in incredibly oppressive ways, take ten minutes to watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQmhk8Z37ek&feature=player_embedded
Posted by Clair, Thursday, 31 May 2012 2:51:07 PM
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This article is another example of so-called 'Human Rights' groups' aversion to criticism of Arab countries, holding them to a far lower standard than Israel, Australia and the West.