Targeting of foreign activists drew global outrage from governments that have not acted on violence against Palestinian detainees
Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has made abuse of detained Palestinians something of a macabre calling card, celebrating cruelty publicly and often on video.
During his time in office, violence including rape, extreme hunger and humiliation have been normalised in Israeli jails. Rights groups say detention centres have become “torture camps” for Palestinians.
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This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem.
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