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Israel brands Palestinian detainees with numbers on their foreheads (www.middleeasteye.net)

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When Israel re-arrested Palestinian men in the occupied West Bank town of Dura, the detainees faced familiar treatment.

They were blindfolded, handcuffed, insulted and kept in inhumane conditions. More unusual was that each man had a number written on his forehead.

Osama Shaheen, who was released in August after 10 months of administrative detention, told Middle East Eye that soldiers brutally stormed his house, smashing his furniture.

"The soldiers turned us from names into numbers, and every detainee had a number that they used to provoke him during his arrest and call him by number instead of name. To them, we are just numbers."

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 52 points 3 days ago (2 children)

For fuck sake, how blatant does it need to get before people recognize this for what it is?

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

You mean admit to it? They can just continue refusing.

[–] masquenox@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

The people who are willing to recognize it for what it is have already done so.