HORRIFIC: A video shows an Israeli settler killing a dog in the Palestinian village of Atara in the West Bank, beating the dog to death with sticks.
Barbarians.
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It’s welcome that Israel’s systematic rape of Palestinians makes a mainstream paper.
But there’s been an avalanche of testimonies for years.
This should be front page news.
Instead it’s relegated to the opinion section
This is a hard article to read, but I hope you'll do so. I've spent some time reporting on widespread rape and other sexual violence of Palestinian male and female prisoners by Israeli authorities, and the article is now published. The assault victims were warned not to give speak of what they endured -- they were sometimes told they would be killed or raped if they gave interviews -- but they found the courage to do so. One man described being raped three times in a single day in Israeli prison, the third time after he tried to protest. A young woman said the guards would come in at the beginning of each shift and strip her naked and abuse her. Another reported that she was shown photos of herself being raped and warned they would be released unless she cooperated with Israeli intelligence. Even three children who had been detained told me they had been sexually abused. Look, whatever our position on the Middle East, we should be able to agree on being anti-rape. Sexual assaults were horrific when Israeli women were targeted on Oct. 7, and they're equally horrific when Israeli authorities use them against Palestinians day after day after day. We should be able to find common ground in opposing rape. Here's a gift link to the article: https://t.co/aMMHId49OO
I'm honestly shocked.
The BBC quotes Republican politician Randy Fine calling Tucker Carlson an antisemite.
Randy Fine is an extreme racist. And I mean, really extreme.
He has said:
"If they force us to choose, the choice between dogs and Muslims is not a difficult one."
"‘Palestinian’ is just another word for demon."
In reference to "mainstream Muslims", he said: “I don’t know how you make peace with those who seek your destruction. I think you destroy them first."
“There is no suffering adequate for these animals. May the streets of Gaza overflow with blood.”
"“Palestinian” = Hamas. #BombsAway"
"Gaza must be destroyed."
These are all direct quotes. I could go on.
What was the BBC thinking? How could they possibly conclude that this was an acceptable person to quote on anything, let alone on the question of racism?
If a Republican politician had said similar statements about Jewish people, would the BBC quote them? No, they would not, they would - rightly - think that would be a scandalous thing to do.
Seriously, what the hell is the justification here? What is the defence?
How are Muslims supposed to do anything other than conclude that the BBC has contempt for them?
Israel slaughtered 15 aid workers in Gaza, buried their bodies so nobody would know, lied about it, and only got caught because they forget to steal one of the victims' cell phones, and he recorded the entire massacre.
Israel also did this:
In memory of the 168 innocent schoolchildren of #Minab whose lives were cruelly taken by the most evil people on earth.
Their names may fade from the headlines, but they must never fade from our conscience.
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