I see dead people

– but only after they get out of prison.

I have heard twice now, that’s from two reliable sources, that the Israeli government keeps on ice the bodies of Palestinian prisoners who die while incarcerated until their sentence is finished. Basically that means that the families of those prisoners cannot see the body or receive the body for proper burial until the sentence is completed. This could mean years.

Let me reserve for a moment my own thoughts on how unbelievable and absurd that policy would be and just for a moment, believe that it is true. Could it be that Israel holds the Palestinian people in such contempt that they will spite them, even beyond the grave? I think not. Is this spite spread so thick that they would actually implement an extremely costly policy just for the sake of screwing with people? Again, I think not.

I have not met someone that has a direct story of such an incident and I have no way of determining the truthfulness of such a policy from the Israeli authorities, so, I can only conclude from my common sense that this is not true. And, if such an incident has happened, it just cannot be an official policy.

As wacky as this Israel/Palestine situation is, that just gets a little wacky for me. If anyone has any information about such a policy – let me know! I will simply be flabbergasted if this is the case…