Israeli settlement council admits to systemic ritual sexual abuse of children following bombshell media investigation
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The Gush Etzion Regional Council in the occupied West Bank has issued an unprecedented public admission acknowledging severe, multi-participant ritualistic sexual abuse within the settler community, which involved the gang-rape of children. The official statement marks a dramatic reversal for the settlement’s leadership, which had spent years systematically denying and dismissing allegations of sadistic abuse.
The official acknowledgment follows a damning investigative report by journalist Roni Singer on Israel's Kan 11 channel, which aired identical testimonies from five independent victims detailing organized, ritualistic assaults. Confronted with recorded evidence and professional corroboration, the council released a statement denouncing the perpetrators and describing the uncovered acts as "pure evil and a moral distortion."
In an effort to manage the immense public fallout, the settler council published crisis hotline numbers and urged further victims to come forward. The media exposure and subsequent admission are expected to force Israeli police to reopen previously shelved complaints and expand criminal investigations into what is emerging as one of the most organized abuse scandals inside the settlement enterprise.
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This broke me. They killed *22* members of his family. The dehumanisation of Palestinian lives is one of the sickest and most devastating things I’ve ever witnessed.
When the BBC decided to pull its documentary Gaza: How To Survive a Warzone, 13-year-old Abdullah al-Yazuri found himself in the middle of a national row in Britain. He’d hoped to share and document the “suffering that children in Gaza” face.
Instead, he found himself facing torrents of online harassment, abuse and death threats. Middle East Eye told his story, in an exclusive interview by Palestinian journalist Mohammed Salama, who was killed alongside 20 other Palestinians, including other journalists, in an Israeli strike on Gaza’s Nasser Hospital.
We’re proud to share with you that the exclusive interview with Abdullah is being recognised as a Lovie Awards finalist under the Public Service & Activism category - and now, your vote can help it reach even more people.
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⚡️🇮🇹BREAKING:
Italian Unions and protesters kept their promises to block EVERYTHING if any harm was made to their comrades on the global sumud flotilla.
Naples, Italy, was the first to block the train station and now protest also started in Rome [Video2].