When Israel re-arrested Palestinian men in the occupied West Bank town of Dura, the detainees faced familiar treatment.

They were blindfolded, handcuffed, insulted and kept in inhumane conditions. More unusual was that each man had a number written on his forehead.

Osama Shaheen, who was released in August after 10 months of administrative detention, told Middle East Eye that soldiers brutally stormed his house, smashing his furniture.

“The soldiers turned us from names into numbers, and every detainee had a number that they used to provoke him during his arrest and call him by number instead of name. To them, we are just numbers.”

  • teft
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    120 days ago

    You have reading comprehension issues since the person I’m replying to here is not the same person I blocked.

    • @irreticent
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      -220 days ago

      My bad, I didn’t notice it was someone else.

      My point still stands that it’s weird that you keep announcing you’re blocking someone. You do it a lot.