Nine Israeli soldiers in the notorious Sde Teiman detention centre were arrested on Monday on suspicion of raping a Palestinian detainee, sparking a riot where far-right activists and MPs stormed the facility.
Israeli military police raided Sde Teiman but were met with resistance by soldiers, who reportedly barricaded themselved into the facility and used pepper spray to defend themselves before eventually being taken into custody.
The soldiers were suspected of abusing a Palestinian detainee, who according to Arab48 is suffering from "a serious wound in his rectum area".
The prisoner had been transferred from Sde Teiman in the Negev desert to a hospital in Beersheba, which is also in southern Israel. Haaretz said the prisoner is unable to walk.
The Israeli army said an investigation is underway.
The arrests were met with outrage by right-wing Israelis, with protests in solidarity called across Israel.
Dozens of people, reportedly including members of parliament and Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu, gathered outside Sde Teiman and stormed the detention facility.
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The Western press’ refusal to report on widespread sexual assault in Israeli detention centers, despite reams of evidence, enabled this situation
In contrast to the multiple month long “reports” on Hamas’ sexual assault, which had extremely little evidence
They might eventually report on it, but they'd never rush to frame it as "premeditated or planned." These kind of sweeping allegations are reserved to Hamas, in order to discredit their self-proclaimed identity as a liberation movement and portay them as irredeemable terrorists.
@CommittedIguanaGreen2yrs2Y
Two levels of evil at play here -
israeli "liberal" population who don't care much about how many Palestinians are being abused or assaulted, they just want these news shouldn't get out of the state because it put israel under bad light.
Then there are the likes of far right extremists in the Israeli knesset. who dont even care how it looks. They just want their "soldiers" to be released and have all levels of immunity from any atrocities committed on Palestinian prisoners.
"a mob (including lawmakers) attacks a base in protest of the Israeli military police detaining 9 soldiers suspected of sexually assaulting a prisoner"
Wait is the “mob” protesting because they think the 9 soldiers did nothing wrong, or because they think the 9 soldiers are disgusting?
Not clear based on the text or what I’m seeing
@Debat3FerretGreen2yrs2Y
They are protesting because they believe they do not deserve to be punished. Ben Gvir stressed that they are “heroes” because they did these things.
@OutlyingGatoradeGreen2yrs2Y
They think the Soldiers should be given the freedom to do whatever they see for such as torture, rape, and physical abuse as much as they want without following procedures or the law.
What kind of society is this? Truly.
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