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Israel’s defence minister seeks probe into Ben-Gvir’s role in Sde Teiman ordeal
Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to investigate whether the country’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir prevented or delayed police from stopping protesters who stormed the Sde Teiman military facility yesterday.
The members of Ben-Gvir’s party took part in the incident that started in protest of the detention of nine Israeli soldiers suspected of severely abusing a Palestinian detainee. Later, the protesters also tried to breach the Beit Lid military base, where the suspects were transported.
In an open letter, Gallant called on Netanyahu to examine “if the minister of national security prevented or delayed the police from responding to the violent incidents that members of his party took part in”.
The participation of elected officials in riots at army bases is a “dangerous and serious” issue which must be dealt with, the minister said.
Israeli High Court to hold new hearing on Sde Teiman prison
The Times of Israel reports the High Court of Justice will hold a second hearing on August 7 to discuss a petition by human rights groups to shut down the Sde Teiman detention facility.
The prison in southern Israel has come under increasing scrutiny over reports of abuses committed against Palestinian detainees.
Israeli soldiers protest at the gate to the Sde Teiman detention site in support of soldiers questioned over allegations of detainee abuse
Sde Teiman violations are systematic: Gaza ministry of detainees
The ministry has said that the violations at the detention camp are systematic, calculated and carried out with orders from Israeli authorities.
It also said that the clashes that took place at military bases with Israeli police over the detention of nine Israeli soldiers accused of “substantial abuse” of a Palestinian prisoner were a “charade intended to show that these violations are individual ones carried out by a few bad apples”.
“The truth is that what is happening is systematic torture that has led to several deaths of detainees,” the ministry said, adding that this is a war crime, and that the detention centre has to be shut down.
“The prisoners are being subject to torture, assault and humiliation not because they are suspected of any wrong-doing but as a form of revenge for the October 7 attacks.”
