Colonial Experience

               The Israeli Government allowed democracy that applies fully to the Jewish citizens only; partly to Palestinian citizens. However not all to Palestinians in the Territories. Its justice system, had been administered with the best jurists in the entire world.  But the Israeli government was different from others: it "functions without a constitution and does not extend to the territories." Israeli citizens were allowed to travel out of the country but they needed to pay a travel tax, obtain permission of the military's army units, and fill out no fewer than 6 forms. However, Palestinians were not given the right to do so Palestinians, had to deal with a more restrictive climate of the " Occupied Territories." and they had no resources. "They could count on neither the institutional nor personal connections to help them through their daily lives."[1]A man from the Washington Post wrote in 1990: "For Palestinians, the war of daily life means that activities as simple as registering for a drivers license, or obtaining a birth certificate can require weeks of formalities at more than a half-dozen government offices, including region and local tax audits."[2] Later, an organization was created by the Palestinians called the PLO or the Palestinian Liberation Organization became a representative of the Palestinian People. However, Israel strongly opposed the PLO for its acts against the Jewish people. Since 1990s, Israel's (the Zionists group not the Jewish citizens) continued military activity and subtraction of privately owned land in the West Bank; and also their control over Gaza. They are extremely oppressive, with Palestinians having minimal control over their lives. Over 10,000 Palestinian men, women, and children are held in Israeli prisons. Few of them have had a legitimate trial; physical abuse and torture are frequent. Palestinian borders are controlled by Israeli forces. All the time men, women, and children are searched; people are beaten; women in labor are prevented from reaching hospitals (at times resulting in death); food and medicine are blocked from entering Gaza, producing an escalating humanitarian crisis.

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[1] Ciment, James. "Palestine/Israel: the long conflict. New York, NY: Facts on File , 1997.

[2] Ibid,.