‘Israeli actions in Gaza amount to genocide’
Diana Buttu, a Palestinian lawyer and former legal adviser to the Palestine Liberation Organization, has urged the world to look more closely at the actions of the Israeli army as it carries out its war on Gaza.
Gaza prisoners endure ‘barbaric treatment, systematic torture’ by Israeli forces: Rights group
Prisoner rights group Addameer is calling for an International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation into war crimes against Palestinian detainees and urges international action for accountability.
In a report, Addameer described severe violations against prisoners, including systematic torture during interrogation and assaults, in prisons like Ofer, Naqab (Negev) and others. Israeli soldiers, the group said, use dogs to attack prisoners. Many are shackled with steel handcuffs, leading to limb amputations, and all are subject to “a deliberate policy of starvation”, it added.
Detainees are not allowed to change their clothes or cut their hair, beard or nails. Showers are few and far between. “They complained about the foul odours emanating from their clothes, saying they feel like they are living in a ‘livestock pen’,” Addameer said.
The group said there is a “reasonable basis to claim that the occupying forces are committing war crimes and crimes against humanity against prisoners from the Gaza Strip”, and it called on the prosecutor of the ICC to conduct an investigation and take measures to hold those responsible to account.
How the US State Department shields Israel from sanctions
Over the years, the US government has been creating special mechanisms to shield Israel from sanctions designed to punish countries for human rights abuses.
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