Guardian findings back up research by rights group which reveals ‘shocking behavioural norms’ of Israeli soldiers
Amir Jaber being arrested in June. He says he was later blindfolded, bound, driven to a military base, beaten and forced to curse his mother.Amir Jaber being arrested in June. He says he was later blindfolded, bound, driven to a military base, beaten and forced to curse his mother.city of Hebron have intensified a campaign of arbitrary detentions, beatings and abuse of Palestinians, according to Guardian interviews with affected residents and new research by the rights group B’Tselem.
The report paints what the respected Jerusalem-based group’s executive director, Yuli Novak, called a “shocking picture of the violent behavioural norms of Israeli soldiers”.One interviewee, Amir Jaber, 19, along with his father, Aref, 50, was detained and beaten again on his way home last week after talking to the Guardian and the German public broadcaster ARD. He said he had told friends beforehand he was going to meet journalists.
Regarding the wider allegations made by detainees and in the B’Tselem report, the IDF said it “cannot properly investigate the matter or provide a response without specific details”.Novak said: “After more than a year of Israel’s unrelenting war against the Palestinian people, abuse of Palestinian passersby has become a desirable, even required practice.
“I still have problems with my legs now,” the 19-year-old said. “I didn’t want to go to the doctor because I was afraid the soldiers would find me there … Every time I see them on the street now I feel anxious.”
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