Israeljustice.com was established to document the Israeli policy to prosecute and detain peaceful protesters against the government's policy of withdrawal from the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Over the last 18 months, the government deemed civil protesters of the expulsion of Jews from the Gaza Strip and West Bank as enemies of the state.

   During the summer of 2005, police and even soldiers were used to beat and arrest hundreds of peaceful protesters. Those arrested and detained without charge for months included children as young as 12. In some cases, Israeli judges and prosecutors compared these minors to terrorists and called them the greatest danger to democracy.

   Some judges said the minors would remain in detention indefinitely to teach other protesters a lesson. Others judges said they saw their jobs as "educating" those who were arrested while singing Israel's national anthem or simply refusing police orders to leave the streets.

   Israeljustice.com has been covering hearings of these protesters. In most cases, judges accepted police testimony, even when found to have been fabricated. Prosecutors sought to intimidate youngsters with indefinite detention unless they agreed to such measures as house arrest or leaving their communities in Judea and Samaria.

   This is a difficult period for Israeli democracy. It is made more difficult by the apathy of most Israeli and international civil rights organizations, heavily financed by European and U.S. institutions that support Israeli withdrawal at any cost. Israeljustice.com plans to monitor and report on legal proceedings against those who exercise their democratic rights of protest in the effort to stop the eviction of hundreds of thousands of Jews from their homes.

   For these defendants, this has been a lonely battle that has challenged their faith, love of Israel and their right to live in the land of their biblical forefathers. Israeljustice.com intends to test the commitment of Israel's democracy to guarantee the rights of these Jews.

   Israeljustice.com is an independent and non-partisan website that seeks to document the forgotten victims of Israel's justice and political system. Israeljustice.com plans to focus on the abuses of the justice system against peaceful protesters of Israeli withdrawal. The website does not intend to justify either government policy or the cause of the protesters. We hope that Israeljustice.com will serve as a magnet and bulletin board for news and information. With G-d's help, we hope to influence change and restore democracy and justice to the Jewish state.