Who cares they’re only Palestinians
The latest Data Sheet from Israeli human rights group, Yesh Din, confirms what many have long suspected to be the case – that the system of law enforcement in Israel treats Palestinians in much the same way as black South Africans were treated by that country's police force when the apartheid regime was in place.
11 July 2008
by Greg Barns
If you are an Israeli citizen living in the West bank towns of Samaria and Judea and you beat up a Palestinian, even kill him or her, there’s a 90 percent chance you will get away with it.
The latest Data Sheet (attached) from Israeli human rights group, Yesh Din, confirms what many have long suspected to be the case – that the system of law enforcement in Israel treats Palestinians in much the same way as black South Africans were treated by that country’s police force when the apartheid regime was in place.
Yesh Din has tracked police 205 investigation files opened in recent years. 81 of these files relate to attacks on Palestinians by Israeli civilians and this includes 2 cases of shooting that led to death, and 9 cases of serious injury. The remainder deal with incidents where Palestinians were assaulted with sticks, knives, rifle butts, as well as attacks on their houses and vehicles. Continue →



