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Video has emerged of a gang rape of a Palestinian prisoner by guards at the Sde Teiman detention facility in the Negev desert, southern Israel.

The video, which has been verified by Al Jazeera, shows the prisoner being selected from a larger group lying bound on the floor. The victim is then escorted to a wall, where guards, using their shields to hide their identity from the camera, proceed to rape him.

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Taking to X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday night, Bezalel Smotrich demanded “an immediate criminal investigation to locate the leakers of the trending video that was intended to harm the reservists and that caused tremendous damage to Israel in the world and to exhaust the full severity of the law against them”.

Others, including the hard right and ultranationalist politicians, such as National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, within Israel, have argued that any action – even gang rape – is permissible if it is undertaken for the security of the state.

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[-] morphballganon@lemmy.world 42 points 1 month ago

If the security of your state relies on gang rape, maybe it's a shitty state?

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 36 points 1 month ago

Bet he'd change his mind if someone raped him.

[-] Paddzr@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

He'd be dismissed because he's been dishonored.

Rape alone is powerful tool, rape in society like that? Is even worse.

[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago

Whenever someone tries to say that soldiers aren't committing rape, I immediately dismiss them. Rape almost always occurs, in pretty much every war.

[-] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 49 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They're no longer arguing rape didn't happen, because the video was leaked and is real.

They're now arguing that war crimes and torture — rape is both — are valid for national security.

Most moral army on Earth!

[-] Rustywhims@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

Absolutely disgusting.

[-] SpicyLizards@reddthat.com 17 points 1 month ago

As illegitimate as the perpetrator's state.

[-] workerONE@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[-] veganpizza69@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Impunity.

"It's Okay when we do it."

[-] ElcaineVolta@kbin.melroy.org 6 points 1 month ago

to the people still "Standing With Israel!!" what the actual fuck is wrong with you??

this post was submitted on 11 Aug 2024
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