RAMALLAH, February 13, 2018 (WAFA) – Palestinians held in administrative detention in Israeli jails often for prolonged periods of time without charge or trial announced on Tuesday that they have decided to boycott all Israeli courts.

The prisoners said in a statement that they made this decision “from our belief that the cornerstone for confronting this unjust policy lies in the boycott of the Israeli judicial system, which always seeks to beautify the ugly face of colonialism.”

“We will not let them justify their lies about their commitment to international law and the existence of independent monitoring judiciary," said the detainees.

They pointed out that hundreds of Palestinians have been held continuously for several years under the security pretext and existence of classified files. They said these detentions continue for long periods of time and some detainees have spent up to 14 years in administrative detention.

They said Israel uses the 70 years old British Emergency Laws to justify its detention of Palestinian political activists by claiming that administrative detention is subject to strict judicial supervision.

“This is a big lie since the occupation’s judicial system is a faithful and sincere executor of the colonialists’ policies against our people,” said the detainees.

The detainees described the courts, including the High Court, as “formalities” since the judges approved 99.9% of the recommendations of the Israeli security services, the Shabac, based on the pretext of the secret file, which the administrative detainee or his lawyer cannot see.

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