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2026-05-30 20:17
Deflection and denial: What Israel’s furious reaction to the UN sexual violence report reveals
TEHRAN — If a state’s record is entirely clean, it usually welcomes independent scrutiny to vindicate its name. Yet, Israel’s explosive reaction to the United Nations’ latest report on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence suggests an entirely different strategy: aggressive deflection.
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2026-05-15 20:33
By Garsha Vazirian
The rape factories Israel can no longer bury
TEHRAN — The New York Times report on the sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners did not reveal a mystery so much as force open a door that had been held shut by fear, propaganda, and Western cowardice. What emerged was the outline of a detention system where humiliation, sexual violence, starvation, and medical neglect have been allowed to harden into routine. Israel’s response, predictably, was denial, legal threats, and the old smear that anyone exposing Palestinian suffering is somehow trafficking in “antisemitic blood libel.”
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2026-05-02 18:57
Israeli forces torture Sumud activists aboard vessel
TEHRAN — The Mediterranean Sea was transformed into a site of kidnapping and brutality as Israeli naval forces violently and unlawfully intercepted the Spring 2026 Global Sumud mission, subjecting humanitarian volunteers to what eyewitnesses describe as systematic torture.
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2025-12-01 19:17
Palestinian journalist details sexual assault and torture at Sde Teiman detention center
A Palestinian journalist has testified that he was subjected to sexual assault and torture by Israeli forces at the Sde Teiman detention center, leaving him with severe psychological trauma, according to Al Mayadeen’s Monday report citing the Palestinian Center for Journalists’ Protection (PCHR).
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2025-11-26 21:24
Palestinian journalist in West Bank tortured over 110 days in Israeli prison
Farah Abu Ayyash, a Palestinian journalist working with Iran’s Tasnim news agency, has revealed the torture and mistreatment she endured during more than 110 days in Israeli custody.
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2025-11-25 15:25
Convicted Israeli spy Pollard alleges rape by U.S. interrogators during custody
Convicted spy for Israel Jonathan Pollard claimed he was raped by U.S. interrogators while in custody, The Cradle reported Tuesday.
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2025-11-17 16:15
Nearly 100 Palestinians have died from torture, starvation in Israeli prisons since Oct. 2023
A stark report from Physicians for Human Rights–Israel (PHRI), published Monday, finds at least 98 Palestinians have died in Israeli custody since the war on Gaza began in October 2023, with the true toll likely far higher amid mass detentions and missing detainees.