When Torture Is Legal




Details are emerging about the treatment of the young men arrested as suspects in the horrific Duma murder case.

According to the two suspects who have just been released, to the parents and to their lawyers, these suspects have been held for three weeks in isolation, prevented from seeing their lawyers, sexually abused, physically tortured (including being bound in a doubled-up posture), systematically deprived of sleep (itself a form of torture) and refused permission to practice religious requirements.

Reportedly, at least one of the men has attempted suicide by slitting his wrists and stated to the court that he's willing to sign any confession, to anything, if only they will let him out.

If true, this would not only be outrageous in itself, but would cast considerable doubt on any confessions extracted under these circumstances.

The response from Government Ministers, including Prime Minister Netanyahu, Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett and Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan, all procedures followed by the Shabak (Security Services) have been according to the law.

It is worthwhile noting that this Government recently passed new regulations into law to treat suspects of "Tag Mechir" (Jewish nationalistic) crimes as terrorists.

Which is to say, they can be incarcerated for up to six months without the prosecution being required to bring charges, be denied legal council, and be subject to severe interrogation techniques which would otherwise be illegal.

In these circumstances, both the stories of torture & abuse, and the politicians' claims that everything is legal, can be true. There's no contradiction.

And it brings shame on Israel's system of justice and upon the Ministers who support this.

Comments

  1. Garnel Ironheart23 December 2015 at 20:58

    What's also terrible is that if these boys were Arabs the same Left that ignores or even slightly justifies this would be outraged.

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  2. leah amdur24 December 2015 at 06:11

    I never voted for Bibi and I never trusted Bennet. Antisemitism is bad but when we are subjected to abuse by the Erev Rav it's worse. B"H I always said you cannot dance at two Chatunas at the same time. You either follow the Torah or you follow the ant Torah state. It's so absurd that an Arab boy of 13 kills a 13 year old boy and the world sees this on video. That boy goes free. A Jewish boy of 16 is tortured and held for 3 weeks without trial for a crime he obviously did not do. It's time for a new Israel a religious Israel to replace this state

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