Cats Are Illegal; A Potential Terrorist Threat
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By Saed Bannoura
IMEMC
Wednesday, Dec 9, 2009
It seems that imprisoning the detainees under conditions that violate
the international law and the Fourth Geneva conventions is not enough,
it seems torture, medical negligence and solitary confinement is not
enough, an issue that pushed the prison administration to punish cats
for befriending the detainees, and ‘providing them with some services.
The detainees in the Negev detention camp are taking care of some cats
that entered the detention camp, in the Negev desert, through the
barbed wires, and are feeding them although they do not have sufficient
food.
The fact the detainees have some cats as ‘wild pets’ or ‘friends’
bothered the Prison Administration to the level of decided that cats
are not allowed.
Israeli soldiers manning the detention camp even placed a cat in
solitary confinement for a while after suspecting it was helping them,
and of course for befriending them.
The cats might be guilty to some extent as they reportedly carry some
foods and light stuff between the cells, providing some comfort, maybe
some food, to the detainees in solitary confinement.
The Palestinian Ministry of Detainees in Gaza said that the Ahrar
Woledna “We were born free” Website reported that the prison
administration in the Negev Detention Camp decided to act against those
cats that befriended the detainees.
But there are dozens of cats walking around the tents and rooms in
several Israeli prisons and detention centers, especially the open-air
detention camps like the Negev.
No matter what the punishment is, maybe ‘anti-cat fences’ or cat traps,
or I really don’t want to know what else, the simple fact here is that
the Israeli Prison Administration has been working hard to keep the
spirits of the detainees low, to keep them isolated and deprive them
from anything that would draw a smile on their faces.
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