Freed Palestinian prisoners recount to MEE how Israeli jailers ‘treated them like animals’ and ‘brutally tortured’ some to death

Israeli jailers would wrap Palestinian prisoners in shrouds and bury them alive.

As they began to suffocate, just before death took hold, a small amount of air was allowed in to keep them alive, only for the process to be repeated moments later.

Abukhater said the torture began the moment they were detained and continued until the very last moment before their release.

“Our hands and feet were shackled, and they struck us with frozen water bottles and bottles filled with olives,” he added.

“There, the soldiers urinated in a container and then poured it over our faces and bodies.”

  • DominusOfMegadeusEnglish
    31•6 hours ago

    It’s too bad there aren’t any historical lessons about the evils of perceiving one group of people as sub-human. Oh well, nothing to be done I suppose!

    /s

  • @[email protected]English
    40•7 hours ago

    This isn’t 1940 nazi Germany and pretend you didn’t know. Nor can the Israelis or massive amounts of “secular Jews” say they didn’t know or didn’t understand what they did, especially with the 70+ year concept of never again and “we are the eternal victim”

    Whether it happens Tommorow or in 80 years. I will live my life to ensure the world doesn’t forget what Israel and America have done, Noe will my kids or their kids. The sun has set on the Roman (American) empire and it’s silly little colonial foothold will be dismantled. While Israel doesn’t make me hate Jewish people, I’m stating to truly believes well over 50% of the entire people’s faith are corrupted, brainwashed or straight evil.

    But if the world started to hate Jews, who could literally blame them now? Israel has been the worst thing for antisemetism and has hijacked an ancient and mostly pacifist faith. All Israeli crimes are Jewish crimes, and all their genocides and crimes against humanity is specifically done in the name of the Jews.

    • Maeve
      1•23 minutes ago

      Mostly pacifist faith?! My friend, the abramic religions, with the exception of a few small cults within them, have been warrior religions, from inception. Jesus maybe tried to change that but even warned his teachings would turn brother against brother.

    • @[email protected]English
      20•5 hours ago

      Antizionist jewish voices are being silenced by Western media. How many articles have you read about jewish people who are afraid of anti genocide protesters, and how many articles have you read about antizionist jewish people angry about the genocide? I can assure you that the proportion of antizionist jews is much bigger than what Western media would make you think. Their crimes and complicity will come to light at some point.

      • @[email protected]English
        15•5 hours ago

        Agreed. My sense was there was a disproportionate Jewish presence at Palestinian liberation protests I attended.

        Hating entire groups of people based on assumptions that they are all the same is always ignorant and wrong. People just need to remind themselves of this no matter how “right” it might feel in a particular instance.

  • OwlEnglish
    -2•7 hours ago

    you’d think jewish people would know better after all they’ve been through.

    maybe hitler was on to something (obvious /s)