Israel Shocked At Torture Claim

Israel is shocked at torture claim. And I am shocked that Israel is shocked.<BR><BR> <b>The torture and ill-Treatment of Palestinian detainees in Israel</b><br><br> Written by Haitham on 06. May 2007, 2109hrs<br><br> <a href="http://www.btselem.org/english/Publications/Summaries/200705_Utterly_Forbidden.asp">A report released today by two Israeli human rights organizations (B’Tselem and HaMoked)</a> charges Shin Bet security service in regularly torturing almost all Palestinian detainees. Despite Israel High Court of Justice ruling from 1999 limiting the use of force in investigations, B’Tselem and HaMoked reported torture methods includes beating, painful binding, back bending, body stretching and prolonged sleep deprivation.<br><br> According to the report, despite the ruling, prisoners are shackled to chairs in painful positions for protracted periods of time and subjected to humiliation, swearing and threats by the interrogators.<br><br> Despite more than 500 complaints have been filed since 2001, no criminal investigations have been opened against the Shin Bet by the ‘Justice’ system. It makes one wonder what type of Justice system did Israel adopt. The report also indicates that interrogators who abused interrogees in “ticking bomb” situations may be exempted from criminal liability. The exception was made in this case so that interrogation could prevent a terror attack planned to take place immediately. However, again, how many “exceptions” were made is a number that I leave for your imagination since Israel consider all Palestinians as terrorists and possible “ticking bomb.”<br><br> The report identified seven “Routine Ill-treatment” and seven “special” kinds of torture. The key aspect of the “Routine Ill-treatment” is to harm, to varying degrees, the dignity and bodily integrity of the detainees. The combined exercise of these aspects last an average of 35 days. Not less Ill-treatmen, the “special” methods mostly involve direct physical violence.<br><br> The seven “Routine Ill-treatment” methods include: 1) isolation from the outside world; 2) holding in solitary confinement and in putrid, stifling cells; 3) preventing physical activity such as sleep disturbance and inadequate food supply; 4) painful binding of the detainee’s hands and feet to a chair; 5) cursing and humiliation, strip searches, shouting, spitting etc.; 6) threat of physical torture, arrest of family members, etc.; and 7) the use of informants to extract information (the report clarifies that the last method is legitimate, but is dependant on use of more abusive practices).<br><br> The other identified seven “special” methods of torture includes: 1) deprivation of sleep; 2) “Dry” beatings; 3) painful tightening of handcuffs, sometimes while cutting off blood flow; 4) sudden pulling of the body while causing pain in the hand joints which are cuffed to the chair; 5) sudden tilting of the head sideways or backwards; 6) the “frog” crouch (forcing the detainees to crouch on tiptoes) accompanied by shoving; 7) The “banana” position - bending the back of the interrogee in an arch while he is seated on a backless chair.<br><br> <blockquote> “These practices are clearly classified as torture under International Law, and are neither common nor negligible,” the report states.</blockquote> <a href="http://sabbah.biz/mt/archives/2007/05/06/the-torture-and-ill-treatment-of-palestinian-detainees-in-israel/">The torture and ill-Treatement of Palestinian detainees in Israel</a><br><br>

Changing the manuals just serves to confirm that the victors rewrite history.............

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