Israel ignores yet another UN ceasefire demand, killing dozens; damaged homes are falling over Gazan families’ heads; record number arrested in West Bank; Congress doesn’t want us to know Gaza’s death toll; one from ‘Holy Land Foundation 5’ released from prison; Candace Owen has a huge surprise
Tags: administrative detention
Biden can’t say no to Israel, in spite of its flagrant violations of int’l law – Day 375
Israel regularly uses Palestinians as human shields; Gaza, Lebanon under attack; Biden sends stealth fighters to bomb Yemen w/o Congress’ ok; Biden envoy: Israel gets whatever it wants; Palestinian kids under admin detention way up; German politicians who support genocide; Israeli conference on resettling Gaza
Inside Israel’s torture, rape, and dehumanization centers
Shocking even by Israeli standards, the horrifying truth of the occupation’s systematic torture, rape, and degradation of Palestinian detainees reveals a brutality buried in silence.
Welcome to Hell
Israeli prisons, in which every Palestinian inmate is intentionally condemned to severe, relentless pain and suffering, operate as de-facto torture camps. Report by B’Tselem, the Israeli information center for human rights in the Occupied Territories.
Israel continues illegal practice of assassination – Day 298
Israel’s assassinations continue – with two more journalists; Palestinian sexual abuse victim returned to scene of the alleged crime; Hezbollah confirms Israel’s killing of military commander Fuah Shukr; Israeli military confirms its killing of Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif; Israeli soldiers, settlers continue terrorizing Palestinians in West Bank; Blinken, State Dept equivocate; US warships converge on Middle East; US “not ready for global war”; boycotts succeeding; UN report on Israeli abuse of Palestinian prisoners; Veterans For Peace have message for Kamala Harris; more.
‘I have the prison inside me’: The emaciated Palestinian bodybuilder broken by Israel
Muazzaz Abayat speaks to Middle East Eye from a hospital bed in his native Bethlehem after spending nearly nine months in Israeli administrative detention.
Gazans used as human shields, subjected to cruel new types of torture – Day 268
Israel’s inhumane practices toward Gazan prisoners & civilians; hospitals about to shut down for lack of fuel; such Israeli restrictions long predate Oct. 7- see this 2006 video; Ben-Gvir calls for Palestinian prisoners to be starved, then shot in the head; new racist bill making its way through Israeli legislature; female prisoners mistreated; West Bank assassination; more.
Palestinian Released From Israeli Prison Describes Beatings, Sexual Abuse and Torture
The prisoners’ hands were cuffed behind their back. They were led to the kitchen, where they were stripped and forced to lie one on top of the other, a pile of 10 naked prisoners… Then the dogs attacked
US Congress just approved billions more in military aid to Israel, as Gazans die – Day 200
More weapons to Israel as it plans a potentially genocidal invasion (that US opposes); aid orgs shocked by the recklessness of the plan; Israel holds highest ever number of Palestinians in administrative detention – no charges, no trial; Israel reportedly about to invade Beit Lahiya, denies burying Gazans in mass graves; Israeli forces kill Palestinian woman near Hebron; Google fires more employees over its provision of tech to Israeli gov’t; updates on Freedom Flotilla, campus protests, more
Gazans in Rafah: ‘We’re waiting to be martyred’ – Day 125
Stories of wanton Israeli violence, devastation, hopelessness emerge from Gaza; Israeli forces detain two American citizens in Gaza; another Palestinian journalist killed; Israel’s planned “buffer zone” is a war crime; UN committee calls for massive psychosocial support for children; 13 million tons of debris from war in Gaza; Palestinian administrative detainee dies in prison; Hulu broadcasts pro-Israel propaganda; Texas stabbing labeled a hate crime, and more