/u/ArmyOfMemories's posts in /r/AskMiddleEast
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Israel's Channel 12 News exposes that IDF soldiers were given polygraph tests about their rape of a Palestinian detainee. The soldiers were found to be lying & tried to cover it up. A lawyer for one soldier tries justifying the crime as a 'security measure' because the detainee was 'resisting'. NSFW
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[NSFW] A Palestinian civilian details how he and other Palestinian detainees were tortured by Israeli soldiers. This includes using dogs & electric rods to commit rape of detainees. A new report by the United Nations also details these abuses. NSFW
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A lone woman held up a sign saying, 'Hope not hate. Racism not welcome here', in Southport, England where a far-right mob attacked a local mosque. This follows a mass stabbing attack in which 3 children were killed. The far-right proliferated anti-immigrant & Islamophobic propaganda.
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Beit Jala (Area A of the West Bank) is under the Palestinian Authority. Yet Israeli settlers have kicked a Palestinian Christian family off their land by force, despite them having Israeli-approved documents. The ICJ ruled that Israel's occupation of ALL the West Bank, Gaza & East Jerusalem illegal.
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Israeli soldier & comedian filmed himself at the Paris games just months after filming himself in his military uniform mocking the destruction in Gaza.
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After a liquid was thrown at them, pro-Israel woman pepper sprayed entire crowd of pro-Palestine supporters at NYC pro-IDF rally. At least 1 passerby was hospitalized. The woman who sprayed the crowd previously made genocidal comments about Gaza at a different rally. Police didn't arrest her.
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Anti-fascists mobilize to push back far-right mobs wreaking havoc in the UK. In Bolton, England, counter-demonstrators mostly from the local Muslim community have come together to defend the area from far-right groups who have been looting stores, assaulting immigrants, & vandalizing mosques.
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At the 79th Peace Memorial Ceremony in Hiroshima, Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki indirectly criticized Israel & others engaging in wars against civilian populations. The cameraman appears to linger on Israel's Amb. to Japan Gilad Cohen as Gov. Yuzaki condemns war crimes & the violation of international law.
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