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The massive U.S. subsidies to Israel help to fund a practice called"administrative detention"
You can read abbout it here http://www.crimesofwar.org/thebook/due-process.html
and here http://web.amnesty.org/pages/isr-action-detention
Hereare someextracts...
Tarek Burkan is a well-dressed, light-haired Palestinian boy from Hebron, his first mustache growing in. Most of the time I spent with him, he was quiet and seemed calm. Only when I asked him about the circumstances of his detention did he respond openly and aggressively: "Ask the Shabak [Hebrew acronym for General Security Service]. Next time I'll throw stones and then at least I'll understand why I'm detained." There is nothing apparently psychotic in this anger of his, just as there is not in the anger of all the administrative detainees, jailed for months and years in Israel without a trial or an explanation. They are all residents of the territories conquered by Israel in 1967.
Administrative detention is a procedure under which detainees are held without charge or trial. No charges are filed, and there is no intention of bringing a detainee to trial. By the detention order, a detainee is given a specific term of detention. On or before the expiry of the term, the detention order is frequently renewed. This process can be continued indefinitely.
In the past four years there has been a gradual increase of administrative detainees, with a leap in numbers from some 30 people in November 2001 to more than 1,000 by the end of December 2002. Currently, more than 600 Palestinians remain in administrative detention. Most of them are held in Ofer prison (in the West Bank) and Ketziot prison in the Negev desert.
Ziyad Hmeidan (31), a fieldworker with the Palestinian human rights organization al-Haq, in Ramallah, is now serving his fifth consecutive administrative detention order. He has been detained without charge or trial since his arrest on 23 May 2005. He was not questioned about any specific incidents and has not been charged with any specific offence. On 16 June he was given a six month administrative detention order, which was renewed in November 2005 for a further six months and subsequently shortened to four months on appeal. As the expiry date of his second detention order approached, in March 2006, the Israeli army again extended his administrative detention for a further four months. On Tuesday 13 November 2006, Ziyad's administrative detention order was extended for a further four months. The new order is due to expire on 18 March 2007, but could again be renewed. By 18 March 2006, Ziyad will have spent almost 2 years in administrative detention without being charged or tried. He is currently being held in Ketziot prison.
http://web.amnesty.org/pages/isr-action-detentio
You can read abbout it here http://www.crimesofwar.org/thebook/due-process.html
and here http://web.amnesty.org/pages/isr-action-detention
Hereare someextracts...
Tarek Burkan is a well-dressed, light-haired Palestinian boy from Hebron, his first mustache growing in. Most of the time I spent with him, he was quiet and seemed calm. Only when I asked him about the circumstances of his detention did he respond openly and aggressively: "Ask the Shabak [Hebrew acronym for General Security Service]. Next time I'll throw stones and then at least I'll understand why I'm detained." There is nothing apparently psychotic in this anger of his, just as there is not in the anger of all the administrative detainees, jailed for months and years in Israel without a trial or an explanation. They are all residents of the territories conquered by Israel in 1967.
Administrative detention is a procedure under which detainees are held without charge or trial. No charges are filed, and there is no intention of bringing a detainee to trial. By the detention order, a detainee is given a specific term of detention. On or before the expiry of the term, the detention order is frequently renewed. This process can be continued indefinitely.
In the past four years there has been a gradual increase of administrative detainees, with a leap in numbers from some 30 people in November 2001 to more than 1,000 by the end of December 2002. Currently, more than 600 Palestinians remain in administrative detention. Most of them are held in Ofer prison (in the West Bank) and Ketziot prison in the Negev desert.
Ziyad Hmeidan (31), a fieldworker with the Palestinian human rights organization al-Haq, in Ramallah, is now serving his fifth consecutive administrative detention order. He has been detained without charge or trial since his arrest on 23 May 2005. He was not questioned about any specific incidents and has not been charged with any specific offence. On 16 June he was given a six month administrative detention order, which was renewed in November 2005 for a further six months and subsequently shortened to four months on appeal. As the expiry date of his second detention order approached, in March 2006, the Israeli army again extended his administrative detention for a further four months. On Tuesday 13 November 2006, Ziyad's administrative detention order was extended for a further four months. The new order is due to expire on 18 March 2007, but could again be renewed. By 18 March 2006, Ziyad will have spent almost 2 years in administrative detention without being charged or tried. He is currently being held in Ketziot prison.
http://web.amnesty.org/pages/isr-action-detentio
