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UN report accuses Israel of 'de facto' state policy of torture -
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UN report accuses Israel of 'de facto' state policy of torture
<article data-history-node-id="432110" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-report-accuses-israel-de-facto-state-policy-torture" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-report-accuses-israel-de-facto-state-policy-torture" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">UN report accuses Israel of 'de facto' state policy of torture</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>A UN report has accused <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israel </a>of having a "de facto" state policy of torture for <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian </a>prisoners.</p> <p>The UN Committee Against Torture said on Friday that use of torture by the Israeli state was "organised and widespread" and had greatly increased since the beginning of the war on Gaza on 7 October 2023.</p> <p>The report noted that Israel had no legislation criminalising torture, and said its legislation allowed public officials to be exempted from criminal culpability under the principle of "necessity".</p> <p>"The committee was deeply concerned about reports indicating a de facto state policy of organised and widespread torture and ill-treatment during the reporting period, which had gravely intensified since 7 October 2023," the report said.</p> <p>"It also expressed its concern that a range of policies adopted by Israel in the course of its continued unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, if implemented in the manner alleged, would amount to cruel, inhuman or degrading living conditions for the Palestinian population."</p> <h3>Read more: <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/un-report-accuses-israel-de-facto-state-policy-torture">UN report accuses Israel of 'de facto' state policy of torture</a></h3> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Israeli forces stand guard at the Ofer military prison located between Ramallah and Beitunia in the occupied West Bank on 13 October 2025 (AFP)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="0b22b3cf-0fea-42ea-9e28-faad49195011" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/ISRAEL_PRISON_WESTBANK_AFP.jpeg" width="1400" height="788" alt="Israeli forces stand guard at the Ofer military prison located between Ramallah and Beitunia in the occupied West Bank on 13 October 2025 (AFP)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Israeli forces stand guard at the Ofer military prison located between Ramallah and Beitunia in the occupied West Bank on 13 October 2025 (AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url("https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png") rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> <section> </section> </div> </div> </article>
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The Trump Macy’s Parade
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NPR
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Even amid rising grocery prices and increased sensitivity to environmental issues, Americans still trash once-edible food at alarming rates.
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The U.S. produces a lot of food waste. This place wants to address it
Even amid rising grocery prices and increased sensitivity to environmental issues, Americans still trash once-edible food at alarming rates.
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#GVerse
The man who shoot those two West Virginia National Guard in DC was working with the CIA. He was vetted by
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Workers at the drinking water plant in Louisville, Ky. saw a sudden spike in the level of a 'forever chemical.' They traced it up the Ohio River to a factory embroiled in a pollution lawsuit.
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More cities are seeing PFAS pollution in drinking water. Here's what Louisville found
Workers at the drinking water plant in Louisville, Ky. saw a sudden spike in the level of a 'forever chemical.' They traced it up the Ohio River to a factory embroiled in a pollution lawsuit.
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Israel War Crimes
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4 days ago
BREAKING: Israeli forces have stormed the town of Sebastia, northwest of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, report our colleagues on the ground. đź”´ LIVE updates:
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Time to stop writing, & reporting a "possibility". The people need to see charges. Consequences. Done with threatening this without actually doing it. No such latitude for immigrants. Legitimate allowances offering protection asylum seekers, denied Source: TAG24
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Judge considers holding Kristi Noem in contempt of court over El Salvador deportations - NewsBreak
Washington DC - A federal judge has launched in inquiry that could result in potential contempt charges against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Ba
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We couldn’t publish an edition of Books We Love without remembering our friend and colleague, NPR Books Editor Petra Mayer, 1974-2021. Today would have been her birthday, and we hope you’ll find a new read in her honor ❤
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“More than a million immigrants have disappeared from the US workforce since Trump took office.”
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Al Jazeera English
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The vote is taking place in a highly polarised climate, with the US backing the right-wing candidate Nasry Asfura.
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Polls open in Honduras presidential election marked by fraud accusations
The vote is taking place in a highly polarised climate, with the US backing the right-wing candidate Nasry Asfura.
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Donald J Trump, corruption and more corruption
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During the government shutdown, disruptions in food aid rippled across reservations. Both residents and tribal officials had to make tough choices, and are still feeling the financial impacts.
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SNAP was restored, but many indigenous Americans still struggle with food insecurity
During the government shutdown, disruptions in food aid rippled across reservations. Both residents and tribal officials had to make tough choices, and are still feeling the financial impacts.
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This what the apartheid ilegal settler colonial government of Israel is best known for, carnage and destruction!!
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“.. Only 1 in 9 people (11%) changed residences last year — a record low in data going back to 1948.”
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After weeks of escalating tensions, President Donald Trump increased pressure on Venezuela Saturday by declaring that the nation's airspace should be considered closed — even though he does not have the legal authority to close it.
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Rep. Eugene Vindman is calling on the Trump administration to release the transcript of a "concerning" 2019 phone call between President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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India and Pakistan accuse each other of violating a ceasefire, hours after reaching a deal.
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Pakistan says it is committed to truce after India claims violations
India and Pakistan accuse each other of violating a ceasefire, hours after reaching a deal.
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Mia Farrow
7 months ago
Trump fired Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden. Past time to call this regime what it is -a White Nationalist project- along with corruption, tariffs,stupidity grift & cruelty. People who have lived & worked here for years are being dragged to Gulags & white South African immigrants are welcome
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Dr. Noor Abdalla will be spending her first Mother's Day as a mom without her husband Mahmoud Khalil, who is still locked up hundreds of miles away from her in ICE detention. He should be holding his son who he hasn't met yet, but he is instead detained without due process by the U.S. government.
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I can’t stop thinking of Gaza’s residents- starving wounded, desperate children. I cant stop thinking of the gay makeup artist sent to El Salvador prison. I cant stop thinking of Ukraine.i cant stop thinking of suffering in Darfur. And none of us can ignore Trumps determination to destroy America
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Trump plans to send migrants to Libya!!- “ human rights groups have called conditions in its network of migrant detention centers “horrific” and “deplorable.”
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Trump Administration Live Updates: U.S. Plans to Send Migrants to Libya, Officials Say
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Great work as always, JD.
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I caught a lot of criticism when I reported this back in December
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Dying Congressman to Lead Watchdog Committee
The gerontocracy wins again
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7 months ago
We applaud the members of the Congress who visited our client RĂĽmeysa Ă–ztĂĽrk this week to demand her release from ICE detention. No one should be locked up for writing an op-ed.
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Opinion | We Visited Rumeysa Ozturk in Detention.
The Constitution is only as strong as our willingness to defend it.
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baby's first longform youtube video
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Military COUP in the U.S.? Hegseth vs. the Pentagon
YouTube video by Ken Klippenstein
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So this is where we are now? This nation was founded on checks and balances. The Trump regime is deliberately trying to undercut these founding principles as it unleashes an authoritarian power grab.
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Newsom: In 2023, Californians contributed $83.1 billion more to the federal government than we received back. And for your viewers: that other state—Texas—took $71.1 billion more than it contributed to the federal government. California: $83 billion, contributor. Texas: taker.
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Had my first bike commute this week since congestion pricing went into effect and the improvement is *insane*. Totally transformative.
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At least 12 civilians are reported killed and 90 injured following Russian missile and drone attacks on Kyiv. These were among the deadliest strikes on the Ukrainian capital since July 2024.
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Charlie Sykes shares a letter the late, great Roald Dahl wrote in 1986 about the death of his seven year old daughter from measles and how vaccines could have saved her. Everyone needs to know about this and understand WHY vaccines are critical. Please share and thanks, @sykescharlie.bsky.social
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A Memo to RFK, Jr.
In re: Measles. From Roald Dahl.
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Robert Reich
7 months ago
Donald Trump keeps losing in court. That's why he's lashing out at judges who go against his authoritarian agenda — even going as far as to have them arrested. His regime is starting to crack bit by bit. Keep up the pressure.
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Judge blocks Trump executive order that strips union rights from federal workers
The judge suggested during a hearing Wednesday that the administration's moves appear targeted toward unions that have opposed his agenda.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/25/donald-trump-federal-workers-unions-00311438
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Commerce Department employees caught up in a legal battle over their mass firings are now learning that their health care coverage was cut off weeks ago, even though they were paying their premiums.
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Fired, rehired, and fired again: Some federal workers find they're suddenly uninsured
Commerce Department employees caught up in a legal battle over their mass firings are now learning that their health care coverage was cut off weeks ago, even though they were paying their premiums.
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/25/nx-s1-5373990/trump-federal-employees-firings-health-insurance-benefits
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"[Andrew Cuomo] was driven from office for his illegal activities." From the new 'We're Not Kidding', actor/activist Cynthia Nixon &
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Since a convicted felon was elected and is now sitting at the WH, now every corrupt politician sees an open window of opportunities.
#newyork
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Ken Klippenstein
8 months ago
what ever happened to gerry connolly, haven't seen him in awhile
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Robert Reich
8 months ago
The United States is the richest country in the history of the world. But who benefits from those riches? Consider: the richest 10% of Americans hold nearly 70% of the nation’s wealth – while the bottom 50% hold just 3%. See the problem?
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Kinda hard to see a free and fair 2028 election where she doesn’t win by a lot.
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8 months ago
@warren.senate.gov
: "State attorneys general have the same opportunity to investigate, dig in, get what the facts are. So for example, Letitia James, the NY attorney general, which has jurisdiction over the stock market and the trading that happens in NY, might decide she would take a look at this."
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Has someone checked what the people of Clacton think about this?
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