Palestinian children are regularly detained, tortured, and prosecuted by Israel. Few Congress members are motivated to make it stop.
95% of Congress is ok with Israel’s torture of Palestinian children
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How Israeli doctors enable the Shin Bet’s torture industry
From approving brutal interrogation techniques to writing false medical reports, doctors in Israel have taken an active role in the torture of Palestinian prisoners…
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…
Child killed by Israeli sniper in Gaza, West Bank heats up – Ceasefire Day 2
Food aid and danger in Gaza; Trump will restart 2K-lb bomb shipments to Israel; Palestinian prisoners show Israel’s cruelty; West Bank under attack from Israeli military, settlers
Detention without charge of Palestinian children hits record level
Data compiled by Defence for Children International-Palestine show that Israel’s use of administrative detention – imprisoning people without charge or trial – against minors quadrupled since last year.
How the State Department Let Israel Get Away With Horrors in Gaza
In 2024, the U.S. State Department faced sharp criticism for supplying arms to Israel amid allegations of human rights abuses in Gaza. Internal dissent raised alarms over eroding U.S. credibility, the lack of accountability for Israel’s restrictions on humanitarian aid, and the displacement of civilians—actions seen as undermining America’s human rights commitments.
Ceasefire deal may be very near, but Palestinian suffering is ongoing – Day 464
Sexual assaults by Israeli forces come to light; Palestinian journalist killed; Kamal Adwan’s De. Hussam Abu Safia held in Ofer Prison; ceasefire reports; pursuing a war criminal in Italy; Jimmy Carter olive grove; new settlement units; extremist Israeli settler leaders to be ‘special guests’ at Trump inauguration; more.