UN Committee’s against Torture (CAT) 42nd session is on its way and it has recently been receiving reports from various international and local NGO as well as various other expert bodies with regards to a particular region for the purpose of assessing their compliance with the provisions of the Convention. Israel submitted its state report to the Committee on 12 December 2007 with little to no mention at all of the abuses generated by its officials in the context of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. The Committee then prepared its own list of issues to be considered during…