Tens of thousands of Palestinians detained in 40 years of Israeli military rule

[Scurrilous]

<snip>

"It was over in minutes: The Palestinian defendant stood quietly in the dock of the trailer-turned-courtroom as an Israeli military judge sentenced him to 40 months for selling a pistol, an assault rifle and ammunition to Palestinian fugitives.

Emad Atallah, 26, an unemployed carpenter, then was led away to join 9,300 other Palestinians in Israeli prisons. He had confessed under interrogation and struck a plea bargain, the court was told.

Without a break, Judge Menachem Lieberman called the next case.

To Israel, this orderly procession is a point of pride, proof that it has struck a balance between its security and the legal rights of those it accuses of harming the state.

To Palestinians and human rights groups, it's something else: inherently unfair, based on sometimes coercive interrogation, a separate code of law and unduly harsh sentences."

much more

[breakaleg]

1. What is this Kangaroo court? They actually compare themselve to Guantanamo, come out on top and are

proud of themselves?

Someone needs to tell them what a real democracy is.

[madeline_con]

2. "He had confessed under interrogation ... " n/t

[aquart]

3. Yes, Israel is the only country in the MidEast that "interrogates."

Egypt, Iran, Syria, Libya, Lebanon, Iraq, the Emirates never do anything of the kind.

Israel is the smallest of these nations. Yet the only one you criticize.

Why, exactly, is that?

[crikkett]

4. maybe it's the only one he's talking about.

I'm not going to excuse my husband from failing to pick up his socks because his brother leaves his laundry on the floor too. I'm not married to my brother-in-law.