What do you call a nation whose High Court rules in favour of its adversary during a time of intense conflict?
Call it what you will – but it’s not Apartheid.
JPOST: Shin Bet interrogation tactic rejected
| JPOST: Shin Bet interrogation tactic rejected The High Court of Justice on Wednesday ordered Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) interrogators to inform a Palestinian detainee that his wife had not been arrested and placed under interrogation, as they had previously told him. The ruling could be the first step in abolishing the Shin Bet interrogation technique, said human rights lawyer Eliahu Abram. The court's decision came in response to a petition by the Public Committee against Torture in Israel (PCATI) on behalf of Mahmoud Sueti, 31, from Hebron, who was arrested February 1. |
The court’s controversial ruling could be the first step towards the complete banning of this psychological interrogation tactic. The tactic is designed to break the spirit of the detainee (without using any physical pressure) in the hope that he will divulge important information. Various Israeli Human Rights groups consider this an illegal form of psychological pressure.
Could a South African court during Apartheid have been trusted to rule against a state institution in a case petitioned by the black population? I don’t think so.
One right does not cancel a thousand wrongs. In some ways, the cruelty and oppression of apartheid Israel is far worse than that of apartheid South Africa
Posted by: | March 16, 2007 at 21:16
In certain ways the Israeli treatment of the Palestinians has been worse than the apartheid governments treatment of blacks, however you fauil to mention that unlike black resistance which was mostly non-violent Palestinian resistance has been nothing but. You fail to draw parallels between both participants in the conflicts.
And no the right to resistance does not include detonating yourself in room full of people you have never seen.
Posted by: Ariel | March 17, 2007 at 08:39
Obviously neither of you two know anything about Apartheid.
Posted by: Cynic | March 17, 2007 at 23:00
To the first poster on this page:
Have a name? twerp
Posted by: Gary | March 18, 2007 at 10:44
There is so much extensive and responsible work available on the internet the thoroughly debunks any comparison between aparthied and the Israel-'Palestinian' situation that anyone (Eg. first poster) the still maintains a connection shows himself to be either an absolute moron or blatanlty antsemetic. There are many criticisms to be made of Israel, a comparison with Apartheid is non of them and is demeaning to those who suffered under the oppression in SA.
Posted by: Brett | March 19, 2007 at 21:05