Militarily, Israel has the upper hand in Palestine. It is the occupying force, has efficient and effective security service, a strong army, and assorted measures. Since the war of 1967 when Israel took over the West Bank and Gaza, around 700, 000 Palestinians have been arrested and detained in Israeli jails. I am, the writer of this article, is four of these because I have been detained four times. So many of these had been detained or imprisoned for short periods of time; but so many others had been for life or for very lengthy periods of time. Now, in Israeli jails there are Palestinians who have been there for around thirty years.