Over the first four days of Israel-Hamas prisoner exchange, Israel arrests 133 Palestinians while releasing 150.

But the worry for Palestinian prisoners does not end after their release. The majority of those freed are usually rearrested by Israeli forces in the days, weeks, months and years after their release.

Dozens of those who were arrested in a 2011 Israel-Hamas prisoner exchange were rearrested and had their sentences reinstated.

Many of the women and children released during the truce have testified to the abuse they experienced in Israeli prisons.

Several videos have also emerged in recent weeks of Israeli soldiers beating, stepping on, abusing and humiliating detained Palestinians who have been blindfolded, cuffed and stripped either partially or entirely. Many social media users said the scenes brought back memories of the torture tactics used by United States forces in Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison in 2003.

  • paintbucketholder@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Saying Fuck Gaza is like saying fuck Wyoming, so sure why not? We say fuck Texas, or fuck Florida all the time.

    The West Bank is ruled by Fatah. Gaza is ruled by Hamas, partly because after Israel withdrew from Gaza, removed all Israeli settlers in Gaza, tore down illegal Israeli settlements and handed over other Israeli infrastructure to the Palestinians, Hamas got into power and never held elections again. Oh, and they also murdered Fatah members and instituted a de facto dictatorship.

    So it makes sense to look at Gaza separately from the West Bank.

    Saying fuck Palestine would be the equivalent to Saying fuck Israel.

    Well, all right then: are you okay with people saying 'Fuck Palestine" if they just dislike Hamas?

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      10 months ago

      Well if you read what I wrote you wouldn’t have asked. Also what does it matter what I am ok with? Am I the arbiter of just ness? Are you ok with people saying fuck Palestine? Or fuck Gaza, or Fuck Israelis or Fuck Israel?