Comments on: Reham Alhelsi – Palestinian Prisoners: Imprisoned for their Love of Freedom http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/04/18/reham-alhelsi-palestinian-prisoners-imprisoned-for-their-love-of-freedom/ Free Minds for a Free Palestine Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:10:11 +0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Izraelski aparthejd i kolonijalizam (9): opsada Pojasa Gaze | CroHr.com http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/04/18/reham-alhelsi-palestinian-prisoners-imprisoned-for-their-love-of-freedom/#comment-11561 Izraelski aparthejd i kolonijalizam (9): opsada Pojasa Gaze | CroHr.com Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:07:42 +0000 http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/04/18/reham-alhelsi-palestinian-prisoners-imprisoned-for-their-love-of-freedom/#comment-11561 [...] Reham Alhelsi - Palestinian Prisoners: Imprisoned for their Love of FreedomWhile a Palestinian may be held in custody for 18 days before being brought to a judge, an Israeli can be held in custody for a maximum of 48 hours before being brought before a judge. While a Palestinian can be held for 30 days without charges which can be extended indefinitely, an Israeli can be held for 15 days without a charge which can be extended for only another 15 days. Palestinians brought to court on accusation of murder are always convicted, even without evidence, and are always sentenced to life imprisonment. Most cases against Israeli soldiers or illegal Jewish settlers accused of murdering Palestinians are closed without any charges, even with the existence of evidence or witnesses. The few who do get sentenced are imprisoned for short periods ranging from 6 months to 7 and a half years or to community service. Palestinian Prisoners have been used by Israel at politically convenient moments, whereby Palestinians who had already served out their sentences with only a few days remaining would be released as “gestures of good will”. At the same time hundreds others would be arrested. For example, on 25.8.2008 Israel released 198 prisoners as a “gesture of good will”, however statistics for August 2008 show that another 338 Palestinians were arrested. [...] [...] Reham Alhelsi – Palestinian Prisoners: Imprisoned for their Love of FreedomWhile a Palestinian may be held in custody for 18 days before being brought to a judge, an Israeli can be held in custody for a maximum of 48 hours before being brought before a judge. While a Palestinian can be held for 30 days without charges which can be extended indefinitely, an Israeli can be held for 15 days without a charge which can be extended for only another 15 days. Palestinians brought to court on accusation of murder are always convicted, even without evidence, and are always sentenced to life imprisonment. Most cases against Israeli soldiers or illegal Jewish settlers accused of murdering Palestinians are closed without any charges, even with the existence of evidence or witnesses. The few who do get sentenced are imprisoned for short periods ranging from 6 months to 7 and a half years or to community service. Palestinian Prisoners have been used by Israel at politically convenient moments, whereby Palestinians who had already served out their sentences with only a few days remaining would be released as “gestures of good will”. At the same time hundreds others would be arrested. For example, on 25.8.2008 Israel released 198 prisoners as a “gesture of good will”, however statistics for August 2008 show that another 338 Palestinians were arrested. [...]

]]> By: Shaukat http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/04/18/reham-alhelsi-palestinian-prisoners-imprisoned-for-their-love-of-freedom/#comment-7941 Shaukat Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:09:04 +0000 http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/04/18/reham-alhelsi-palestinian-prisoners-imprisoned-for-their-love-of-freedom/#comment-7941 Zionists are not affraid of Arabs. They're affraid of Islam. “Israel sees Islam as the greatest danger to its dominance over the Middle East, itself built on cruelty, violation and oppression,” - Professor Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi (Haifa University) in his book ‘The Israeli Connection: Who Arms Israel and Why?’ http://rehmat1.wordpress.com/ Zionists are not affraid of Arabs. They're affraid of Islam.

“Israel sees Islam as the greatest danger to its dominance over the Middle East, itself built on cruelty, violation and oppression,” – Professor Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi (Haifa University) in his book ‘The Israeli Connection: Who Arms Israel and Why?’

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]]> By: Palestinian Prisoners: Imprisoned for their Love of Freedom « Silver Lining http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/04/18/reham-alhelsi-palestinian-prisoners-imprisoned-for-their-love-of-freedom/#comment-7910 Palestinian Prisoners: Imprisoned for their Love of Freedom « Silver Lining Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:43:12 +0000 http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/04/18/reham-alhelsi-palestinian-prisoners-imprisoned-for-their-love-of-freedom/#comment-7910 [...] By Reham Alhelsi, from Palestinian think tank [...] [...] By Reham Alhelsi, from Palestinian think tank [...]

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