#CNN has requested permission from the Israeli military to access the Sde Teiman base. Last month

[planetkiimchi]

"Last Wednesday, the Israeli Supreme Court held a hearing in response to a petition brought forward by Israeli rights group, HaMoked, to reveal the location of a Palestinian X-Ray technician detained from Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza in February. It was the first court session of its kind since October 7."

if people in israel can speak up against this genocide, as someone who will not be subject the legal repercussions they are likely to face, how can you stay silent?

Concentration camp.

They built a concentration camp.

I don't think words can describe what this other than genocide.

[briteredoctober]

And now the 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀 are coming to light, as are horrific accounts of torture and medical experimentation on civilian detainees (at least, they're "coming to light" in that an Israeli finally spoke out after months of Palestinians talking about it and being ignored).

𝗭𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝘀𝗿𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝘀𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲, 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗶𝘁.

"Never again" was a 𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗱-𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗲. It is happening again right now, and a majority of the west alongside the Christian right are cheering it on.

𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘅𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲.

𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐂𝐍𝐍'𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭:

Rows of men in gray tracksuits are seen sitting on paper-thin mattresses, ringfenced by barbed wire. 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗱, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘃𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀.

A putrid stench filled the air and the room hummed with the men’s murmurs, the Israeli who was at the facility told CNN. Forbidden from speaking to each other, the detainees mumbled to themselves.

“We were told they were not allowed to move. They should sit upright. They’re not allowed to talk. Not allowed to peek under their blindfold.”

Guards were instructed “to scream uskot” – shut up in Arabic – and told to “𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺,” 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗱.

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According to the accounts, the facility some 18 miles from the Gaza frontier is split into two parts: enclosures where around 70 Palestinian detainees from Gaza are placed under extreme physical restraint, and a field hospital where 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗱𝘀, 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘄𝘀.

“They stripped them down of anything that resembles human beings,” said one whistleblower, who worked as a medic at the facility’s field hospital.

“(The beatings) were not done to gather intelligence. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲,” said another whistleblower. “It was punishment for what they (the Palestinians) did on October 7 and punishment for behavior in the camp.”

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CNN has requested permission from the Israeli military to access the Sde Teiman base. Last month, a CNN team covered a small protest outside its main gate staged by Israeli activists demanding the closure of the facility. Israeli security forces questioned the team for around 30 minutes there, demanding to see the footage taken by CNN’s photojournalist. 𝗜𝘀𝗿𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀, 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝘀.

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The camps are part of the infrastructure of Israel’s Unlawful Combatants Law, an amended legislation passed by the Knesset last December that expanded the military’s authority to detain suspected militants.

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For that, al-Ran said he was given a special privilege: his blindfold was removed. He said this was another kind of hell.

“Part of my torture was being able to see how people were being tortured,” he said. “At first you couldn’t see. You couldn’t see the torture, the vengeance, the oppression.

“𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗱, 𝗜 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 … 𝗜 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝘂𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝘀.”

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Whistleblower accounts portrayed a different kind of horror at the Sde Teiman field hospital.

“What I felt when I was dealing with those patients is an idea of total vulnerability,” said one medic who worked at Sde Teiman.

“𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲, 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗱, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱,” 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱. “𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗻, 𝗶𝗳 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼, 𝗽𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲.”

Another whistleblower said he was ordered to 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗱��𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝘀 for which he was not qualified.

“𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, performing minor medical procedures that are totally outside my expertise,” he said, adding that this was frequently done without anesthesia.

“If they complained about pain, they would be given paracetamol,” he said, using another name for acetaminophen.

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“𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗲.”

He asked the doctor to find his wife and kids in Gaza. “He asked me to tell them that it is better for them to be martyrs,” said al-Ran. “𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲.”