A special investigation by The Independent’s chief international correspondents reveals allegations of brutal treatment of Palestinians in Israeli facilities including rape, torture, medical neglect and death. Israel rejects all accusations of wrongdoing.
Muin, a ninth-grade student and the only child in his family, has been placed under administrative detention, a practice in which Israeli authorities detain Palestinians, including children, without charge or trial, based on ‘secret evidence’ that neither the detainee nor their lawyer can review.
Like the Biden administration, Trump is claiming an “emergency” in order to bypass Congress to get approved a new $3 billion weapons package for Israel. [UPDATE: Now $4 billion]
Palestinian civilians and healthcare workers recount the horrifying reality and systemic torture going on within Israeli prisons.
Israel has arrested a large number of Palestinian women and children since October 7th, 2023 – many have never been charged, let alone tried for a crime.
Two articles on new testimony of Israel’s use of torture and other horrific forms of abuse against Palestinian prisoners.
Commentary: The release of 3 Israeli women held captive in Gaza on Sunday attracted significant global media attention. However, there was comparatively limited coverage of the 90 freed Palestinian women, who had been kidnapped and detained by Israel without charge.
A flood of devastating new testimonies documenting the systemic sexual abuse of Palestinian men and women by Israeli soldiers has surfaced in recent weeks. Yet, as these harrowing accounts gain traction amongst human rights groups and international organizations, Western media has conspicuously turned its focus elsewhere—amplifying Israel’s poorly corroborated claims against Hamas.
Khalida Jarrar’s husband and lawyer describe abuses endured by the political prisoner, who has been in solitary confinement since August. Khalida’s perspective is one that all Palestinian political prisoners share, and that is one of resilience.
After 16 years behind bars, Mufid Abdulqader, a member of the Holy Land Foundation Five, has been released from prison into a halfway house. The case of the Holy Land 5 has become a symbol of U.S. unconstitutional overreach since 9/11.