US Media Wonders Why Palestinians Distrust 'Justice'
When Mervat Sarhan recounts torture in an Israeli prison after merely five months of administrative detention, the Western press often treats it as a singular, regrettable event. This framing conveniently ignores the documentation from organizations like the UN Committee Against Torture, which has repeatedly expressed 'deep concern' over Israel's interrogation methods, including those involving
'shaking' and sleep deprivation, since at least 2009. The notion that such incidents are rare or surprising requires a willful amnesia about historical context. While politicians like Senator Lindsey Graham (recipient of $210,000 from AIPAC-linked donations in 2022 ) routinely laud Israel's 'shared values' with the US, what exactly are those values when arbitrary detention and alleged abuse become
a recurring footnote? One might wonder how many sworn affidavits of torture are needed before the 'world' condemns what it tolerates.