Torture at Sde Teiman Has Backing from High Up
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There was little interest among the Israeli public in reports of a systemic torture regime at the Sde Teiman detention camp despite the best efforts of Israeli human rights organisations.
Eventually whistleblowing by a number of people serving at the camp and horrific testimonies from Palestinians released from there forced action by the military authorities. The reaction of powerful far right Israeli cabinet ministers was fast and dramatic. They did not condemn the torture; instead they incited and joined a far-right mob to storm the base to release the soldiers arrested for torture
Netanyahu said he condemned the assault while remaining silent on the torture; his words are not matched by any action against Ben Gvir, Smotrich and the other ministers who encouraged the mob.
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This article was originally published by Ha'aretz on Tue 30 Jul 2024. Read the original here.
We Warned About Sde Teiman. The Torture There Has Backing From High Up
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This has all the hallmarks of Nazism and it is not headlines on the MSM and I doubt that we’ll see it on the BBC. The majority of the public will never know about the heinous crimes of the Zionists in Israel. It’s up to us to get it out on Facebook and Twitter/X, even then the numbers on Social Media is tiny compared to the public at large but it can spread from Social Media, so we must do our best to get it out there and emphasise it’s the Zionists that are guilty and not Israeli Jews.
>> Israel must not descend to the moral level of Hamas in its relationship with the people under its absolute control.
Sorry to the Author but some of Israel has committed genocide lets all it what it is. Extermination of another race to steal their land.
In relation to the above line, it’s been 75 years since Zionists started killing and stealing Palestinians’ land. Hate, murder and running an apartide state first you have NO morel level at all. Second, what do you expect when you subjugate another race for 75 years what do you think whould happen? Hate breeds hate.
Yes, I understand it’s the Zionists that are mostly to blame but just like the author they still believe their innocent victims and let us be honest they have used that and even weaponised that. So sorry that the ship sailed. The world sees you as you are! There are too many appeasers you may not be all responsible but enough are and there is still this attitude of victimhood and poor us. That needs to stop! Yes, Hamas may have done wrong but how many of your people did your government kill with that vile Hannibal directive? Then blame it all on Hamas?
As though writing from a different reality, German Ambassador to Israel Steffen Seibert, formerly Federal Government spokesman under Chancellor Merkel, tweeted: “Happy the country that has judicial institutions which uphold its laws and values – against any citizen and for the benefit of all. One of the pillars of our friendship is that Israel is such a country.”
Although German officials frequently make statements that deny or twist the truth or fabricate their own narrative, Seibert will be well aware that charging Israeli soldiers for crimes against Palestinians is a very rare occurrence, even for a crime as heinous as multiply raping a captive. He will know that politicians including government ministers have spoken out against the arrest of the soldiers rather than against the atrocities, and that at least one Likud party MP, Hanoch Milwidsky, has specifically justified the use of rape adding “If he is a Nukhba [Hamas special forces soldier] everything is legitimate to do to him.”
So why is Seibert giving such a rosy commentary to these shocking events? Unlike the British government, the German government continues to oppose the application for arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant at the ICC. No doubt, a major part of the case will be that Israel has a robust independent justice system that is well capable of investigating and dealing with any excesses that might arise. It seems likely that it is to bolster this case that the Israeli authorities have taken this limited action at this time and that the German ambassador has used his unctuous tweet to lend them his support.