Amnesty International Ignored For Decades on Israeli Torture
Al Jazeera's report on “violence, torture” in Israeli prisons, via activist Basil Farraj, highlights conditions that human rights groups like Amnesty International and B'Tselem have meticulously documented for decades. These organizations have repeatedly detailed inhumane treatment, including physical abuse and psychological torture, yet such findings rarely penetrate the mainstream news cycle
with any urgency. This persistent silence raises questions about selective outrage. How many U.S. politicians, eager to pass billions in aid to a government repeatedly flagged for human rights abuses by its own allies, bothered to read these reports? The pattern suggests some atrocities only become 'news' when deemed politically convenient, otherwise remaining in the 'unfortunate but necessary'
folder for Washington's allies. (One might wonder if any of the $3.8 billion in annual U.S. aid is earmarked for torture-prevention, or if it simply lubricates the machinery.)