Sde Teiman, a military base in the Naqab desert, has risen to global infamy after revelations that it was turned into a torture camp for Palestinian detainees.
An investigation released by the Israeli rights group, B’Tselem, as well as reports in CNN, The Guardian, The New York Times and others reveal a routine of torture and inhumane conditions at what became a detention center after 7 October.
According to Amnesty International, 36 detainees had died there by June.
The revelations have also laid bare the growing support for and normalization in Israeli society of the worst human rights abuses, with riots even breaking out demanding that those guilty of sexual torture escape punishment.
Some of the accused have become minor celebrities, and senior politicians have been vocal in defending such abuses as legitimate. ….more
