Israeli prison authorities gave a tour of a maximum-security facility to Jewish settlers where they held a “Torah lesson” and observed the abuse of Palestinian prisoners, Israeli media reported on 23 February.

Kobi Yaakobi, head of Israel’s prison system, invited 20 members of the synagogue in Har Homa, an illegal West Bank settlement near Jerusalem, on a “safari” tour of Nitzan maximum-security prison.

Palestinian detainees, including alleged members of Hamas’s elite Nukhba forces, were handcuffed and forced to lie on the ground to be observed by the visitors. The Jewish settlers ate an “indulgent lunch” in front of the prisoners, who were fasting for the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

The settlers also “blessed” the prison guards.

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    What part? That the US and Israel rely on genocide to exist? That without US aid Israel would cease to exist? That the US uses Israel to advance its interests in the Middle East? (Especially with recent events unfolding that should be more abundantly clear than ever)

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      US doesn’t have any interests in the Middle East lol…

      United States doesn’t need Israel at all. They’ve done absolutely nothing to help us. In fact it’s the opposite by a very large degree.

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        This is genuinely a baffling level of ignorance. I was going to engage in good faith but like… you’re not even at the geopolitical awareness of a middle schooler yet.

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          No you weren’t lol

          Israel is a terrorist state. Their civilian kill ratio is worse than any other terrorist group in history.