"The British brought the system of #administrativeDetention to #Palestine when they were the mandatory power. [...]
"Despite many of its founders being caught on the wrong side of these laws, #Israel adopted them in 1948 and has strenuously resisted attempts to modify their provisions." - Selma Dabbagh
https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/march/how-life-is-in-there
#PalestinianDetainees #PalestinianPrisoners #colonialViolence #politicalPrisoners #oPt @palestine @israel
"Despite many of its founders being caught on the wrong side of these laws, #Israel adopted them in 1948 and has strenuously resisted attempts to modify their provisions." - Selma Dabbagh
https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/march/how-life-is-in-there
#PalestinianDetainees #PalestinianPrisoners #colonialViolence #politicalPrisoners #oPt @palestine @israel
Selma Dabbagh | ‘How life is in there’
The British brought the system of administrative detention to Palestine when they were the mandatory power. According to...Selma Dabbagh (London Review of Books)