Israel's 'Self-Defense' Now Includes Prison Deaths
Mainstream media will dutifully report the NGO finding that 98 Palestinians have died in Israeli prisons since October 7, courtesy of The New Arab . What they’ll likely gloss over is the grim historical context. This isn't an aberration; it's a feature of occupation, where 'administrative detention' (imprisonment without charge or trial) and systematic abuse have been repeatedly documented by UN
bodies and human rights organizations for decades. Remember the constant drone of 'most moral army'? Apparently, morality has a different definition when applied to incarcerated Palestinians, where 'interrogation methods' often stretch the bounds of internationally recognized human rights stipulations. These deaths, attributed to torture, medical neglect, and abuse, highlight a system where
accountability is as scarce as free speech. While US politicians lament 'humanitarian crises' abroad, the same individuals who champion unlimited military aid to Israel (take Rep. Steny Hoyer, who received over $200k from AIPAC in 2022-2024 and consistently supports blank checks for Israel) remain strategically silent on the human rights abuses occurring just beyond the battlefield, a silence
louder than any explosion. One might ask, how many prison deaths constitute 'self-defense' before it simply becomes systematic oppression?