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Israeli leaders angry that tortured Gazan prisoners were released, not that they were tortured – Day 269

[email protected] July 2, 2024 Anti-Defamation League, Elise Stefanik, humanitarian bubble, israeli home demolition, israeli settler violence, Mohammed Abu Salmiya, palestinian journalist killed, palestinian prisoners, skin disease, torture, west bank deaths

More testimonies of Israeli torture; Shujayea attack continues; Khan Younis evacuation orders; Israel plans “humanitarian bubbles” in Gaza; journalist killed; skin diseases on the rise; West Bank woman & child killed; Israel plans ground operation in Lebanon; Israeli settler violence ongoing; widespread condemnation of Israel’s rampant home demolitions; ADL suing foreign countries; Israel needs 10K more soldiers; anti-encampment bill in Congress; more.

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The writing was on the wall for Israel’s torture of prisoners

[email protected] May 17, 2024 Adnan al-Bursh, illegal combatants, international law, israel prison service, israeli law, medical ethics, podcast, Sde Teiman, torture

The Israeli government has ensured that horrific imprisonment practices targeting Palestinians can continue with impunity, in violation of international law and medical ethics.

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Israel is holding over 9,000 Palestinian political prisoners – Day 144

[email protected] February 28, 2024 al-aqsa mosque, Biden, ceasefire, famine, friendly fire, humanitarian aid, michigan voters, palestinian prisoners, ramadan, starvation, West Bank

Palestinian prisoner crisis; children dying of starvation, malnutrition; journalist under fire; West Bank deaths; Israeli security worries about Ramadan restrictions at Al Aqsa Mosque; Israeli “friendly fire”; Biden awaits “”credible and reliable written assurances” of proper use of US weapons from Netanyahu; mixed messages on Israel-Hamas-Biden agreement; US voters want a permanent ceasefire; Michiganders don’t want Biden; more

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Palestinian ex-detainees heard “screams around the clock” from fellow prisoners – Day 136

[email protected] February 20, 2024 al-aqsa mosque, humanitarian aid, icj, marwan barghouti, nancy pelosi, occupation settler violence, palestinian prisoners, palestinian state, ramadan, torture, unicef, unsc, Women's Rights

Reports that Israeli forces killed, raped Palestinian women & girls; Israeli torture, grotesque humiliation of Palestinian prisoners; humanitarian aid at “lowest level”; UNICEF expects “explosion in preventable child deaths”; Netanyahu rejects Palestinian state; ICJ hearing against Israel’s occupation; settler attacks in West Bank jumped 200%; US offers resolution at UNSC; Pelosi’s delusional statement; fears for Marwan Barghouti’s life

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Israel’s torture and humiliation of female and male Gazan prisoners

[email protected] January 6, 2024 female prisoner, Gaza, torture

Female prisoners were transported in cages, their clothes were stained with blood, most were bleeding from their hands, subjected to strip searches; Israeli soldiers subjected male prisoners to electric shocks, burned their skin with lighters, spat in their mouths

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Israel holds thousands of Palestinian prisoners in solitary confinement despite health risks

[email protected] February 25, 2022 administrative detention, israeli prison, palestinian prisoner, Physicians for Human Rights, solitary confinement, torture

The Israel Prison Service holds thousands of Palestinian prisoners in isolation, including minors, for months and even years, according to figures obtained following a freedom of information request filed by Physicians for Human Rights. – Israel’s action is likely a breach of the Convention against Torture.

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When will Israel stop torturing Palestinian prisoners?

[email protected] December 13, 2021 convention against torture, Mohammed El-Halabi, shin bet, torture, UN Committee Against Torture

Israel is a signatory to the Convention Against Torture and yet it continues to torture Palestinians – like Mohammed El-Halabi – with impunity. El-Halabi is the director of the Gaza branch of World Vision, a Christian humanitarian aid organization. He was nevertheless subjected to 52 days of interrogation and torture…

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Why were these Palestinian prisoners willing to die of starvation?

[email protected] November 30, 2021 administrative detention, Ayyad al-Hreimi, Hisham Abu Hawwash, international law, Kayed al-Fasfous, Louay Al-Ashkar, Miqdad al-Qawasma, Nidal Ballout, political prisoner, richard falk

As Americans plan holiday meals and bake Christmas cookies, let’s be aware of the Palestinians who have been on hunger strikes – some for well over 100 days – just to obtain a basic right: to know why they’re in prison or be released.

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Torture of Palestinian prisoners: Time to end Israel’s impunity

[email protected] February 12, 2021 human rights, Israel, Palestine, public committee against torture, shin bet

It is time for both Israeli society and the international community to speak up against Israel’s continued use of torture against Palestinians and others, along with the impunity given to perpetrators of this heinous crime… This has been documented since at least the 1970s

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Palestinian child prisoners face further repression and transfer

[email protected] January 16, 2020 child abuse, child arrest, child detention, defense for children international palestine, fourth geneva convention, h.r.2407, human rights, Israeli violations of Palestinian human rights, Palestine

Israeli prison administration announced that 34 Palestinian children would be transferred to Damon prison on Monday morning, 13 January, without the presence of their adult representatives.

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