US Aid: Funding Endless Detention, Not Due Process
A year. That's how long Dr. Hussam Abu Safia has been held by Israel without charge, his son pleading for his release as reported by Al Jazeera. This isn't an aberration; it's a feature of Israel's administrative detention policy, which allows indefinite imprisonment without trial—a practice that dates back to British Mandate emergency regulations. While families beg for justice, Washington
continues to rubber-stamp billions in aid to Israel, effectively underwriting a system that makes due process optional for Palestinians. U.S. politicians, many of whom like Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) who received over $200,000 from pro-Israel groups in 2022-2024 according to OpenSecrets.org, consistently vote for such aid packages. They champion 'democracy' and 'rule of law' globally, yet remain
strangely silent on practices that would be condemned as totalitarian elsewhere. One might wonder, how many innocent lives can be indefinitely detained before U.S. 'values' become as transparent as their congressional campaign finance reports?