CIRCLE WITH A DOT

"The organisers of the Global Sumud Flotilla said in a statement on Telegram on Friday that the freed activists had reported at least 15 cases of sexual abuse while in Israeli detention.The sexual abuse included “humiliating strip searches, sexual taunting, groping and pulling of genitals, and multiple accounts of rape”, the group said, with the worst occurring on a vessel converted into a makeshift prison.“At least 12 sexual assaults have been documented on that vessel alone, including anal rape and forcible penetration by a handgun,” it added."#IsraelIsATerroristStatehttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/23/france-bans-far-right-israeli-minister-ben-gvir#BoycottIsrael #CrimesAgainstHumanity #HumanRights #News #Activism #Flotilla #Gaza #Palestine

Israel’s arrogance is becoming the evidence in the case against it"Ben-Gvir’s video of abused flotilla activists reveals a state so accustomed to impunity that it documents its own cruelty, even against Westerners.""In the footage, Ben-Gvir is heard taunting activists, who are forced to kneel with their foreheads to the floor and their hands tied behind their backs. At one point, a female activist who tried to speak up was grabbed by the back of the neck and forced violently to the ground.Disturbing as it is, the video will not surprise anyone who has followed Israel’s treatment of either Palestinian detainees or foreign activists and aid workers.Earlier this month, veteran New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof published a detailed account of Israeli abuses, including allegations that dogs are used to sexually abuse Palestinian detainees.These reports follow an August 2024 video leak showing Israeli officers gang-raping a Palestinian prisoner at the Sde Teiman detention facility, as well as a 2024 United Nations Special Commission report, which found that sexual abuse had become part of Israel’s “standard operating procedures”.Israeli soldiers and officers have also targeted foreign nationals. Activists, journalists, aid workers, medics and humanitarian personnel have routinely been killed, attacked or abused without consequence.In 2003, 23-year-old American activist Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza as she tried to prevent the demolition of a Palestinian home.In May 2010, Israeli commandos intercepted a Gaza-bound flotilla in international waters and killed nine activists on board the Mavi Marmara. Autopsies found that the victims had been shot at close range..."#IsraelIsATerroristState https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/5/21/israels-arrogance-is-becoming-the-evidence-in-the-case-against-it#BoycottIsrael #HumanRights #News #WorldPol #Activism #Gaza #Palestine

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Palestinians forced to demolish own homes to make way for Israeli "theme park""Residents of al-Bustan district told to make way for 'Kings Garden', with knocking down own houses cheaper option.At the bottom of a steep and densely populated valley just below Jerusalem’s old city walls, the earth has been shaken in recent weeks by jackhammers and bulldozers.These have been the sounds of Jerusalem for decades as the Israeli state has relentlessly sought to stamp a uniformly Jewish identity on to the occupied east of the city, while erasing its Palestinian character."So the Israeli's are following the religious fanaticism of "all the land belongs to us!" (which was _NOT_ written by God, or Jesus or even Mary by the way) and yet what are they doing? Erecting synagogues? Nope.. Building other places to pray to said God perhaps? Nope.. Killing people and stealing their land to build "theme parks".. You can't make this stuff up. #IsraelIsATerroristStatehttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/16/palestinians-demolish-family-homes-jerusalem-kings-garden-theme-park#BoycottIsrael #HumanRights #News #Activism #Gaza #Palestine

"Israel’s response to recent New York Times reporting detailing the horrific sexual violence inflicted on detainees seeks to silence those who assert the basic fact of Palestinian humanity""What’s most shocking about the latest accounts of sexual torture of Palestinians in Israeli custody is not just their inherent horror. It is that despite so much evidence being so visible for so long, the machinery of abuse and denial continues to deepen.Nicholas Kristof’s recent reporting on the issue in the New York Times brought important public attention to the issue. But abuses in Israeli custody have long been reported by former detainees, lawyers, doctors and journalists, and documented by human rights organizations. Since October 2023, this body of evidence has revealed a horrific reality: Israel’s prison system has been transformed into a criminal network of torture camps."#IsraelIsATerroristState https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/14/palestinian-prisoners-sexual-torture-israel-backlash#BoycottIsrael #HumanRights #CrimesAgainstHumanity #News #Activism #Gaza #Palestine