Leak Exposes Torture, Not the System Enabling It
The story of an Israeli army insider leaking evidence of Palestinian prisoner torture at Sde Teiman is a headline grabber. (Apparently, some find torture 'outrageous' when leaked, not when practiced.) This 'outrage' conveniently sidesteps the decades of documented human rights abuses—including torture—by Israeli forces, detailed by organizations like B'Tselem and Amnesty International. The
'surprise' is as manufactured as a new batch of settlement homes. While media dissects the 'leak,' they expertly gloss over the elephant in the room: $3.8 billion annually in U.S. military aid to Israel, even after reports from the State Department itself have flagged human rights concerns. (Guess some concerns are less concerning than others.) This isn't an isolated incident; it's a feature of an
occupation system, routinely whitewashed by a political class that cheers on every dollar sent to a government accused of crimes, while ignoring calls for accountability.