LurkerJ said:
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"Israel could be the first country in history to start a civil war over the right of its military to rape prisoners…"
"acted in self-defense"
Can it get any more absurd. Blowing up and sniping children in 'self-defense' is already the most decrepit thing you can do, now brutal torture in self-defense?
It's a theme though with the Israeli court system. I posted a while ago that these cases never go anywhere at trial as torture (for information) is essentially legalized in Israel. Even though they do don't do it for information, you only need to claim that to get absolved.
2019
https://www.omct.org/en/resources/blog/its-now-even-more-official-torture-is-legal-in-israel
Israel’s Supreme Court has recently clarified, this time explicitly, that interrogational torture is lawful in certain circumstances in Israel’s legal system.
Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled for the State virtually every single time PCATI has requested that it intervene against the prevailing system which allows the systematic torture of Palestinians suspected of serious terrorist activity. This is hardly surprising, since it was the Supreme Court itself which has created this system. In a landmark ruling almost two decades ago,[2] the Court emphasised the absolute prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in international law and ceremoniously closed the door on the routine, pre-authorised use of the torture methods most prevalent during the 1990s – sleep deprivation, prolonged shackling in contorted positions (often combined with blindfolding and loud music), violent shaking. However, at the same time the Court opened a window for ISA interrogators to continue resorting to torture – the word the Court used was “physical interrogation methods” – in what it called “ticking time-bomb” situations. While not authorised to do so, the Court said, after the fact the Attorney-General could decide that ISA torturers (not so described) would not face trial, or even be subjected to a criminal investigation.[3]
