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Israel to sue New York Times over article describing its rape of Palestinians (www.middleeasteye.net)

submitted 2 days ago by IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

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Israel is preparing legal action against The New York Times after the newspaper published an article describing the rapes of Palestinian prisoners in its custody.

The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) announced its decision to sue on X on Thursday, after the paper doubled down in its defence of the report.

"Nicholas Kristof’s deeply reported piece of opinion journalism starts with a proposition to readers: ‘Whatever our views of the Middle East conflict, we should be able to unite in condemning rape,'" a spokesperson for The New York Times said.

Kristof's story contained harrowing testimonies of the rape of Palestinians by Israeli soldiers, which included accounts of prisoners being mounted by dogs, penetrated by carrots, and rectums torn by batons.

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[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The claims about dogs seem quite implausible

How so?

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works -2 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I don't think it's something dogs are physiologically capable of doing, and even if it were, I think it's unlikely that dogs would be trained to do it on command.

[–] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Sorry to darken your world a little but rape and forced pregnancy are just things we do as a species. From pigs to horses, to enslaved people. We've been force breeding domesticated animals for longer than we've have had civilization. Yes we know how to make them hard and they and can be trained them to rape each other on command. That's how puppy mills work. All you have to do is force a human being to be in the place of a female animal being impregnated.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Klaus Barbie did it to Jews during the Holocaust.

[–] MML@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Well don't look up the toy box killer if you want to continue to believe that.

[–] The_Decryptor@aussie.zone 1 points 2 days ago

Another victim, Angelica Montano, came forward with a similar story to that of Vigil. She said she had been held captive by Ray after Hendy invited her to the house to pick up a cake mix.

... Montano convinced the pair to release her along the highway. She was picked up by an off-duty law enforcement officer and told him what happened, but he did not believe her and left her at a bus stop. She also later called the police about the incident, but there had been no follow-up.

Yep, sounds about right.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Probably best to give a content warning on that one, at least two of the investigators working on that case killed themselves over how fucked up it was. Really recommend giving it a miss.