By Agencies GENEVA — The U.N. human rights office issued a report Wednesday saying Palestinians detained by Israeli authorities since the Oct. 7 attacks faced waterboarding, sleep deprivation, electric shocks, the release of dogs, and other forms of torture and mistreatment. The report said Israel’s prison service held more than 9,400 “security detainees” as of […]
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India Votes In Favour Of Palestine To Become Full UN Member
By Agencies India on Friday voted in favour of a draft UN General Assembly resolution that said Palestine is qualified and should be admitted as full member of the United Nations and recommended that the Security Council “reconsider” the matter “favourably”. The 193-member General Assembly met in the morning for an emergency special session where […]
Gaza Again
Israel’s overenthusiastic military strikes on Hamas are driven by PM Netanyahu’s opportunistic desire to use war as a rallying point for his supporters of ‘Israeli nationalism’.