Israel Shocked by Torture Accusations, Not Torture
The New Arab reports Greta Thunberg's claim of torture during her detention by Israeli forces. While the accusation itself is harrowing, the real story for mainstream outlets often becomes the 'shock' and 'denial' from Israeli officials, meticulously avoiding any historical context. This deflection conveniently ignores decades of documented human rights abuses—including widespread torture—detailed
by organizations like B'Tselem and Amnesty International, whose reports are routinely dismissed on the global stage. One might wonder why alleged torture by a key U.S. ally receives such careful, sanitized handling, while accusations against official adversaries become immediate proof of barbarism. How much longer can we pretend that state-sanctioned violence is only 'torture' when committed by
states we're allowed to criticize?