Over the first four days of Israel-Hamas prisoner exchange, Israel arrests 133 Palestinians while releasing 150.

But the worry for Palestinian prisoners does not end after their release. The majority of those freed are usually rearrested by Israeli forces in the days, weeks, months and years after their release.

Dozens of those who were arrested in a 2011 Israel-Hamas prisoner exchange were rearrested and had their sentences reinstated.

Many of the women and children released during the truce have testified to the abuse they experienced in Israeli prisons.

Several videos have also emerged in recent weeks of Israeli soldiers beating, stepping on, abusing and humiliating detained Palestinians who have been blindfolded, cuffed and stripped either partially or entirely. Many social media users said the scenes brought back memories of the torture tactics used by United States forces in Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison in 2003.

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    10 months ago

    Kay? Somegeek didn’t equate israel with all jews, or all those living within it?

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      10 months ago

      And I never said that, either. I was asking whether or not somegeek was equating Israel with all Israelis, since they didn’t make a distinction (e.g. by saying “the state of Israel” or “the IDF” or “the Netanyahu administration”).

      Seems fair in light of the broad statement made by somegeek.

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        10 months ago

        I disagree, I believe it’s understood in common parlance. I hate “Iran” not the majority of its peoples but the government that rules it. I’ve been saying fuck Israel, I have no issues with the majority of Israelis and since for some reason it needs to be said now, I certainly don’t have issues with Jewish people because they are Jewish.