A recent article published by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz has confirmed the extent to which Shin Bet interrogators subject their prisoners to torture. Methods include slapping the head “to hurt sensitive organs like the nose, ears, brow and lips”, forcing a handcuffed individual to squat against a wall for long periods […]
Samer Arabeed at the hands of Israel’s interrogators
The torture suffered by Palestinian prisoner Samer Arabeed at the hands of Israel’s Shin Bet interrogators has proved, once again, that the prohibition of such treatment as enshrined in the Fourth Geneva Convention, the Rome Statute and the UN Convention Against Torture is little more than a series of reference […]
No more ties between NBA team and Israeli army
The Portland Trail Blazers basketball team has ended its partnership with Leupold & Stevens, an optics manufacturer that supplies equipment to the US and Israeli armies. “Leupold is no longer a part of the organization,” Chris McGowan, the NBA team’s president and CEO, stated on Monday. McGowan did not say […]
Israeli forces seize agricultural tools in al-Manshieh village
BETHLEHEM, Wednesday, October 02, 2019 (WAFA) – Israeli forces today seized agricultural tools in al-Manshieh village to the southwest of the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, according to local sources. They said Israeli forces seized the tools and ordered a halt on work on farming lands in the village […]
Israel injures and arrests people protesting the treatment of a Palestinian prisoner
The Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday evening attacked a Palestinian protest near Hadassah Hospital in Occupied Jerusalem where the Palestinian detainee Samer al-Arabeed, who is currently in a coma after being beaten by Israeli interrogators, is held. The Israeli forces violently assaulted the Palestinian protesters and arrested two of them. […]
Facebook uses repressive actions to restrict the Palestinian content
Occupied Palestine (QNN)- Sada Social sent a very strongly worded letter to the manager of Facebook’s Public Policy section in the Middle East, Nashwa Hussain, providing details on Facebook’s recently increased crackdown on the Palestinian content. The letter was sent following Facebook’s targeting of several terms related to the Palestinian […]
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