How can an enlightened society like Israel imprison children (or anyone else) for an allegedly misdemeanor offense, or for what they believe?
The only organization that provides immediate legal assistance to Jews who are arrested is Honenu (www.honenu.org.il), a tiny non-profit crisis-response group led by Shmuel (“Zangy”) Medad. On call day and night, Zangy is usually the only resource available to Jews as Israel’s civil rights organizations seem paralyzed and the courts violates basic norms of democracy and justice.
Civil Rights for Jews in Yesha (www.zechuyot.org), directed by Mrs. Orit Struk, works with Knesset members and documents police brutality; their reports have led to judicial and disciplinary actions against violent policemen.
You can help. Contact Honenu and Zechuyot. And fax Judge Uri Ben Dor at 011-972-2-670-6572 and Prof Yitzhak Kadman (National Council for the Child) at 011-972-2-679-0606, with CC to MK Shelly Yacimovich at 011-972-2-6753721, the Ministry of Justice at 011-972-2-646 6722 and the Supreme Court at 011-972-2-675 9648.
