At least 135 bodies of Palestinians returned from Israeli prisons bear the marks of “torture, execution and abuse,” according to officials in Gaza. This is horrific but it would not be unusual. Palestinians have been trying to catch the world’s attention for decades about Israel’s practice of administrative detention, which Israel uses to hold Palestinians without charge or trial under horrific conditions. And yet the world still calls them prisoners. They’re hostages. Last year, when the Knesset moved to punish prison guards accused of sexually abusing Palestinian detainees, Israeli officers and lawmakers rioted in protest. Israel has got away with this for decades. According to the Israeli rights group Yesh Din, less than 1% of complaints against soldiers leads to prosecutions. Human rights groups are calling for an investigation into these bodies but why would these be any different than the abuses of decades past? The Israeli military gave the usual response: We’ll look into it. The post 135 Bodies, Zero Accountability appeared first on Redacted.