cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/55240950

An Israeli soldier has been accused of abusing a Palestinian detainee at a military outpost in the occupied West Bank, including beating him, urinating on him and smearing faeces on his face.

According to Israel’s Channel 12 News, the abuse took place last month at the Jalameh military outpost, after Israeli soldiers arrested abducted a Plestinian man at a nearby crossing.

Investigators suspect the soldier beat the Palestinian and extinguished a cigarette on his body, leaving him injured.

The alleged abuse did not end there. According to the investigation, the soldier urinated on the detainee before smearing his own faeces on the man's face and urging him to eat it.

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[–] 10 points 10 hours ago (1 child)

Good on the military police officer who actually held a soldier accountable for their crimes.

But there are so many credible reports of widespread lack of accountability for things like killing civilians. I wonder what's different here:

  • Is there an ick factor here that there isn't when soldiers just shoot civilians or commit other war crimes, and this proves there is a war crime that crosses a line?
  • Or is this a principled MP who is risking harassment for doing the right thing when the unofficial standard is to turn a blind eye?
  • Or is this a performative sacrifice of one soldier so the powers that be have some examples to point to when people accuse them of war crimes, even if they are a tiny minority of actual war crimes, and most are ignored?
  • Or as a variant of the above, are MPs so rare and under-resourced that occasionally they do legit work, but they don't have resources to push back the tide of war crimes meaningfully?
  • Or has the power of the biggest war criminals like Netanyahu, Smotrich, and so on waned after the election and we are finally seeing the tide turning?
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  • [–] 4 points 4 hours ago*

    There are always investigations, but never justice. Don't be fooled.

    It's the "we've investigated ourselves and found no wrong doing". The semblance of order to rubber stamp genocide.

    Just because something goes through the courts doesn't legitimize it. The judicial system is what ruled that slavery was OK, until it wasn't.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 hours ago

    IDF arseholes are such filth, they're not even toilet trained.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 hours ago

    Charming people.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 hours ago

    Friendly reminder that Hakeem Jeffries supports the IDF.

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  • [–] 3 points 12 hours ago

    This is SO ANTI SEMETIC! Jews CONSTANTLY Smear Poop on People! It's part of their RELIGION! STOP being ANTI SEMETIC!

    -Hakeem Jeffries!

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    [–] 4 points 12 hours ago

    Religion of shalom

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  • [–] 3 points 12 hours ago (1 child)

    dishonorable on every level

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  • [–] 4 points 11 hours ago

    I think Israel is forgetting history. After what nazism did to Jews, how is it that they are perpetrating the same abuses to other people. This is sad ...If humans cannot learn from history, the humanity is at risk of an involution ...

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    [–] 6 points 9 hours ago

    I'm surprised it's "accused" and not "bragged"

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  • [–] 3 points 10 hours ago

    Zionists are scat freaks

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  • [–] 3 points 10 hours ago

    Unbelievable /s

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