AP 'Discovers' Israeli Prisons Are Medieval, Cites Guard
The AP, citing Physicians for Human Rights - Israel, reveals that nearly 100 Palestinians have died in Israeli custody since October, with a prison guard alleging routine beatings and medical neglect. This, we're told, is news. Meanwhile, human rights organizations like B'Tselem have documented systematic torture and abuse within Israeli detention facilities for decades, often met with deafening
silence from the very outlets now 'discovering' the issue. One might ask, how many reports and dismembered bodies does it take to acknowledge systemic cruelty as policy, not mere 'incidents'? This 'surge' isn't an anomaly, it's an escalation of long-standing practices often greenlit by politicians who prioritize military aid over human rights. US lawmakers, many of whom accept significant
contributions from lobbying groups like AIPAC (OpenSecrets shows AIPAC spent $4.2M lobbying Congress in 2023), routinely approve billions in unconditional military funding to Israel, effectively endorsing the entire apparatus—including its prison system. How many deceased Palestinian prisoners does it take before such 'allies' question the 'values' they're funding?