From approving brutal interrogation techniques to writing false medical reports, doctors in Israel have taken an active role in the torture of Palestinian prisoners…
How Israeli doctors enable the Shin Bet’s torture industry
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New Israel Supreme Court ruling gives further backing to use of torture
Israeli security agency Shin Bet admitted to the use of torture on Palestinian prisoner Fares Tbeish, but claimed the actions were necessary; Israel’s Supreme Court ruled that the “enhanced interrogation” methods were acceptable. This is the second such ruling in the last 12 months. A number of human rights groups have documented “routine use of torture” by Israeli forces, although the practice is against international law.
230+ Recently Abducted Palestinians Subject To Torture, Bad Conditions, Humiliation
Israeli forces have recently abducted and imprisoned over 230 Palestinians – dozens of them children – who now face inhumane conditions in prison. Soldiers refer to them as “Trump detainees.”
Global watchdog World Medical Association ignores Israeli doctors’ complicity in torture
For more than 20 years Israeli doctors have worked with Israeli security forces in practices that violate medical ethics. The global medical ethics watchdog World Medical Association looks the other way…
Torture, Israeli-style – as described by the interrogators themselves
Chaim Levinson reports in Ha’aretz that there is a “conspiracy of silence” about Israeli torture. The fact that Israel tortures prisoners has been exposed many times. In 1977 the London Sunday Times described it; award winning journalist and author Grace Halsell described it in her 1081 book Journey to Jerusalem and an article; Israeli torture of American…
Israeli attack on Gaza funeral kills at least 8 – Daily Update
Yellow Line on the move again ■ Settlers steal hundreds of sheep, Palestinians arrested ■ US strikes in Iran reportedly killed 50 in recent weeks ■ Mamdani speaks truth to corruption
Israel admits it holds Gaza bodies as bargaining chips
“Israel has a long and shameful history of desecrating and abusing Palestinian bodies from the state’s earliest days and throughout its existence,” according to Gisha, an Israeli human rights organization.
“Alligator Alcatraz” for Palestinian prisoners in Israel? – Daily Update
Israel’s torture of Gaza civilian doctors ■ Illegal settler runs into Palestinian boy as he plays ■ Updates from Iran, Lebanon, Syria ■ Israel is all over US political news
‘They want to break our will’: Gaza flotilla activist tells of rape in Israeli detention
Anna Liedke became the first flotilla activist to talk publicly about rape in Israeli detention. More than a dozen other flotilla members have since reported sexual assault.
Dead or Detained? Families in Gaza Search for Their Loved Ones
With over 9,500 missing in Gaza, Palestinians search for family members under the rubble, in the “numbered graves cemetery,” or in Israeli prisons.