/u/_II_I_I__I__I_I_II_'s posts in /r/InformedTankie
[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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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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Jews for Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ) & allies protested at the headquarters of Atlas Air Worldwide - an independent contractor that regularly flies in weapons & munitions from the US to Israel. Activists were greeted by Atlas employees with vulgarities & intimidation.
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CNN reports that only 3 of Hamas's 24 battalions have been destroyed during Israel's 9 month attack on the Gaza Strip. Journalist Jeremy Scahill comments: "Israel has proven very effective at killing massive numbers of Palestinian civilians [...]."
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Journalist Said Arikat questions White House spokesperson Vedant Patel as to whether rape constitutes a war crime. Patel dodges the question. In America, the Leahy Act prohibits the State Dept. & DoD from providing military aid to foreign security forces credibly suspected of committing war crimes.
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In January, The Wall Street Journal claimed 12 UNRWA members took part in the Oct. 7 attack & 10% of the agency’s 12,000 workers in Gaza had militant ties. But months later, the paper’s editor admits they didn’t know — & still don't know — whether the allegation, based on Israeli intel, was true.
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Israeli soldiers burst into Palestinian bakery & assaulted employees, beating two severely. The young men were held in the IDF jeep for about fifteen minutes, during which time, the beating continued.
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At an anti-fascist rally in Oxford - Maryam, a community organizer, explains what the underlying issue is: 'The far-right have been emboldened by politicians who use migrants as scapegoats to cover up their policies of austerity, cost of living, and an underfunded NHS.'
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