By Amira Hass : Instead of Auschwitz
Talkback
Title:600 Palestinian "Gilad Shalits" waiting in Israels prisons.....
Name:Swiss (Dino)
City: State: Switzerland
....held under so called "administrative deten-
tion" with no charges raised against them
whatsoever.

Some for months, some for years.

Yes, they may have access to the Red Cross and
get mail and visits from their relatives.

But honestly, from a legal point of view, that
doesn`t make it anymore "humane" than what
Hamas is doing with Gilad Shalit.

The true democracies of this world (states of
law) are distinguishing themselves from the
"not so true ones" by respecting the principle
of "INNOCENT TILL PROVEN GUILTY".

Unfortunately the terms "occupying force" and
"state of law" are absolutely incompatible.