In this episode we confront one of the great injustices perpetrated by our criminal justice system, in which systematic corruption is being exposed almost on a daily basis, but even in this climate this case is extraordinary for its injustice. It exposes us. Today we take a look at the conviction and incarceration of the Holy Land Foundation Five. It is but one story of the persecution of the Arab community in this country since 9/11. As Miko Peled describes in his new book, âInjustice, The Story of The Holy Land Foundation Five,â since 911, arrested members of the Arab community must prove themselves innocent, rather than the government having to prove them guilty, the standard which relates to the rest of us. Different standards apply to those with Arabic names. Our host personally witnessed this as Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts during the 911 fallout in 2001.
Following the Twin Towers attack, Arabic men throughout the country began to systematically be arrested and literally disappeared into the criminal just system. Neither their families nor their attorneys knew where they were. They simply disappeared, by the thousands for no other reason other than they were Arabic, no one even knew where they were, much less the charges for the arrest. Our host remembers meeting with the US Attorney in Boston with members of the Arabic legal community to try to get some answers from the government, some justification for these arrests, some information as to where they being held, the charges for their arrest, and we simply could get no information about these disappeared men. That was the beginning of the post 911 legal persecution of the Arab Community by the US criminal justice system. The story we present now, about the conviction of the Holy Land Foundation Five, is the logical extension of that persecutionâ¦and it continues to happen here, today. It is going on as we speak.
You will hear Miko Peled describe the case of the Holy Land Foundation Five. Peled is the son of a prominent Israeli General who has become a courageous advocate for Palestinian liberation. He spoke at Seattle Pacific University.
As President Trump continues to appoint conservative judges throughout the federal judiciary, we can expect things to only get worse.
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This Week In Palestine 6-3-2018
Miko Peled on the conviction and incarceration of the Holy Land Foundation Five
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