Mainstream Media Discovers Jails Aren't Five-Star Resorts
The idea that Israel's prison system is suddenly engaging in 'systematic abuse' is a convenient framing that ignores generations of documented human rights violations. Groups like Addameer have reported on torture, administrative detention, and medical neglect for years, detailing how the system operates as a tool of occupation. This isn't a new development; it's an intensification of a
pre-existing program, now amplified by a state-sanctioned war on Gaza. To pretend this is a 'surge' instead of an escalation is to ignore the historical record. One might wonder if the media will next 'discover' that the West Bank isn't a vacation destination. How many ‘reports’ on systemic violence do we need before we connect the dots between occupation, confinement, and deliberate suffering? Or
does the fact that it's behind bars make it less of a war crime for some?