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Thunberg told embassy staff she is held in a cell infested with bedbugs, with too little food and water, and has developed rashes. . She reported sitting for long periods on hard surfaces.
Another detainee said Israeli forces photographed her while forced to hold flags. The flotillas Italian legal team confirmed activists were left for hours without food or water until late last night, with the exception of a packet of crisps handed to Greta and shown to the cameras. Lawyers also reported cases of verbal and physical abuse.
Freed Turkish activists described even harsher treatment: journalist Ersin Çelik said the Israelis tormented Greta Thunberg, dragged her on the ground, and made her kiss the Israeli flag. Ayçin Kantoglu said women were kept in a dog shelter, denied food for three days, forced to drink toilet water, and that Greta was beaten, an Israeli flag was tied to her back, and she was walked across the room with her hands tied behind her back.
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Prairie Gates
(6,481 posts)They're bad people.
yellow dahlia
(3,521 posts)and stopped from their mission of feeding people.
calimary
(88,084 posts)Id guess this would piss off a lot of people - especially those who might not want to support Israel after hearing about this.
ReRe
(12,087 posts)to get the message out. WTF is it with Israel's gov? Is it because they don't want outsiders to see what they have done? Doesn't it stand to reason that the whole fucking world knows what it (with assistance of the USG) has done for the last 2 years? Why can't they just let these brave guardian angels in? Maybe some of the milk will reach the babies lips before they starve to death completely or whatever other demise awaits them.
Evolve Dammit
(21,276 posts)AloeVera
(3,865 posts)There are reports out there of Israel's treatment of Palestinian hostages, er "prisoners" that will literally make you sick. And no one does a bloody thing about it. Because it's Israel, and it's ok if Israel does it.
I hope Greta and her fellow activists will not be further harmed.
AloeVera
(3,865 posts)Btselem report on Israeli torture camps, titled "Welcome To Hell". TRIGGER WARNING: Only for the strong of stomach.
How Greta and others are being treated is a small glimpse into the institutionalized, systemic and sickening abuse of Palestinians in these "torture camps".
https://www.btselem.org/publications/202408_welcome_to_hell
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Ilsa
(63,445 posts)running the daily operations of the IDF, not career soldiers. This may be the only authority they have over anyone for the rest of their lives, and they are exercising it poorly, just like ICE agents.
LuvLoogie
(8,330 posts)Boys will be boys?
Have they not grown men as fathers to instill a sense of decency.
ICE are racist, misogynist shitheads by choice, and they are precisely hired for their willingness to abuse immigrants.
Sorry, IDF chain of command does not get a pass.
Ilsa
(63,445 posts)I'm commenting on the state of an immature brain (under age 25) making poor decisions which may be based on feelings more than critical thinking in the absence of specific orders from higher authority.
I don't give IDF higher-ups a pass. I'm questioning whether young soldiers have sufficient supervision if they have been left in charge.
Godot51
(653 posts)It seems the current administration in Israel have forgotten history.
The majority of the people need to dispose of these false prophets.
Let them fester on the dungheap they made for themselves.
AverageOldGuy
(3,058 posts)1WorldHope
(1,712 posts)I love that determined young woman.
Shes an excellent and thoughtful role model for such an increasingly conflicted world. Some people just show a way through the mess.
JT45242
(3,667 posts)If the UN and the world court had any real power Netanyahu, Putin. And mango Mussolini would all be in cells awaiting trials.
Why do we even have these laws?
3Hotdogs
(14,682 posts)Exp
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