the israeli incorporation regime87 announced evidence in the form of a videotaped admission to the said charges. Responding to the announcement of a taped confession, the defence team pointed out that admission to acts he “did not commit” was made under duress from the extensive “illegal methods employed” against Makhoul during the initial days of his arrest.90 In the end, and despite all of the travesties associated with this case, on January 30, 2011, Ameer Makhoul was sentenced to nine years in prison with one of these years as a suspended sentence. Operative and Budgetary Level Palestinian citizens of Israel are denied proportional representation and access in the realms of budgets, resources and land allocations. As equality among citizens is not legally entrenched, the Israeli legal system is able to emphasize the Jewish and Zionist character of the state. Major Jewish and Zionist organizations are granted special status as quasi-governmental bodies. These organizations manage land, housing and service provision, almost exclusively serving the Jewish population. For instance, The World Zionist Organization – Jewish Agency in Israel (Status) Law (1952) authorizes the two organizations to function as quasi-governmental institutions in order to advance the goals of the Zionist Movement, including the maintenance and support of cultural, housing, educational, scientific, religious, and social and health service institutions. The internal regulations of these organizations explicitly seek to benefit Jews only, and as no non-Jewish organizations are granted similar status, this produces a remarkably lower quality of life for Palestinian-Arabs.91 evidence’ that will not be disclosed to legal defence team,” Press Release, June 14, 2010, http://www.adalah.org/eng/pressreleases/pr.php?file=14_06_10. 90 On this, Adalah writes that the duress included “protracted sleep deprivation and continuous interrogation, while being shackled tightly to an under-sized chair that was bolted to the floor to prevent it from moving. His hands were cuffed to the back of the chair in a way that stretched his arms and shoulders sharply backward. His legs were folded backwards flanking the chair, with his knees turned toward the floor. When, after hours of being bound in this stress position while under intense interrogation, Makhoul complained of being in excruciating pain, the GSS interrogators proceeded to cuff his legs to the chair. They also threatened that he would be permanently crippled from the interrogation.” See Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, “Ameer Makhoul and Omar Saeed vehemently deny charges against them.” 91 In fact, the Constitution of the Jewish Agency states that “land is to be acquired as Jewish property and … the title of the lands acquired is to be taken in the name of the JNF to the end that the same shall be held the inalienable property of the Jewish people. The Agency shall promote agricultural colonization based on Jewish labour, and in all works or undertakings carried out or furthered by the Agency, it shall be deemed to be a matter of