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Shin Bet uses torture regularly, B'Tselem report says
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Published: 06.05.07, 10:10
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31. ISRAELIS TORTURED EVERY MINUTE, WAITING FOR QASSAMS TO KILL
WHEN IS NEXT ROCKET? ,   ..............DACON9   (05.06.07)
32. Isn't Olmert's Wife a Member
Sam Weinstein ,   USA   (05.06.07)
I could be wrong but I had thought that his wife is a member of this group? Is that true?
33. BTSELEM IS A PR0-TERROR ORGANIZATION
(05.06.07)
34. Pali Vagabond (nr 8)
leon ,   Grand Rapids USA   (05.06.07)
SHALHEVET PAS...SHALHEVET PAS....SHALHEVET PASSSSSS
35. shoddy report
israeli ,   israel   (05.06.07)
it is based on testimonies collected from 73 Palestinians. Are there any medical reports? That's what I'd like to see, medical reports documenting evidence of torture and abuse, not testimonies of 73 detainees. No serious statistics can be based on 73 cases. Moreover, during July 2005 through January 2006 (six months) only 73 Palestinians were detained? If so, our security forces are either merciful or not doing their job, because almost every day a Palestinian tries to harm Israelis. If several hundreds were detained during that period, the figures should be adjusted. As Betselem has been shown to be not the most reliable source, I strongly suspect that they went throught hundreds of testimonies and considered only those that would incriminate the Shin Bet. And no, I am not in favor of torture, but neither am I in favor of blowing things out of proprotion in order to bash Israel.
36. DUH..What do you think happens during questioning.
Steve ,   Tel Aviv   (05.06.07)
The Extreme Left wing in this country has now hit rock bottom in their level of stupidity and general insights. Lets capture the enemy and give them cake and cookies and be nice to them while questioning. Have we lost our minds. What can these spoiled upper-class intellectual snobs be thinking.
37. Of course its true
ilana   (05.06.07)
Why? Because the scum bags say so! What ELSE are they to say? Does a cold-blooded murder draw the line of morals at lying? What a rediculous waste of time gathering these "interviews". There must be tooo many unemployed liberal lawyers...or perhaps too many liberal antisemites who will twist any event to slam Israel.
38. for terrorist-ally betselem, Israel can't protect itself
dante ,   uk   (05.06.07)
39. Yeah! shin beth should reather throw them rose petals ...
bob ,   paris   (05.06.07)
40. i was tortured
jack bauer ,   superpower   (05.06.07)
by the constant bullshit i had to sift through when the only news i had was from bbc world! I have never heard and seen so much obviously biased reporting in my life. But now even ynet reports like it doesnt care about security and those who are the victims(and future victims)of these murderers. Of course a terrorist will claim he was abused! and amnesty will hear him out and then claim israel is evil! But you dont hear them coming out forcefully against the agents of terror! I wont shed a tear for any of those "mistreated" by shin bet
41. #20 NYT are also self hating jews
Asher ,   cleveland., USA   (05.06.07)
42. what?
Tom ,   bsas,argentina   (05.06.07)
people. TORTURE IS WRONG. PERIOD. No matter if this is true or not, TORTURE IS WRONG. But I´m not naive, and security forces around the world and Israel of course, Shin bet, must do everything it can to stop terrorism. Example: Did torture allowed Shin Bet to stop the TEL AVIV Bombing that was prepared during Pass Over?? As I said... TORTURE IS WRONG. PERIOD. That´s the contradiction: In order to protect your people ( in the case of Israel, not the DICTATORSHIPS AROUND THE WORLD) you must obtain intel information by all means. As I said: You Must do that???? It´s a very very difficult thing. But I will never BE FOR TORTURE. NO MATTER WHAT. But, as I said... I´m not naive, and the world´s not perfect.... But please, I´ve read some posts that the terrorist deserve to be tortured.... C´MON! We jews, do not represent that! The arab radicals are the ones who cheer for death, destruction, genocide, holocaust denial, wanna be Gestapo´s, SS´s, Hitler´s, chop off people´s heads.... Jews and Israel must do better. Because we cheer for Life and Peace. But... I am not naive... and I´m 100% Pro Israel, but people, you can´t say TORTURE IS RIGHT. No matter if that leads to Israel´s Security. There´s a Limit. I know, you´ll say that I live in Buenos Aires, Argentina, far far away from Israel, But I´m jewish and I know that Israeli Lives are lost, so do we .... suffered two Bombings here in Argentina in 1992, 1994 Israeli Embassy Bombing, AMIA bombing.) Carried out by Hzbshit and Iranian Intel officers. So... please don´t say that I don´t know about suffering from Terrorism. I don´t know it´s a difficult subject. And I´m also not naive.... but TORTURE IS DAMN WRONG, NO JUSTIFICATION. if you say it´s ok, you should see the techniques learned by the argentine military during 1976 to 1983 in the Dictatorships we lived in, they used to torture people ( there were not terrorists, they were students) using CIA techniques.... So please. TORTURE IS WRONG. LONG LIVE ISRAEL
43. Had it been up to B'Tselem Israel would not have existed
Stop B'Tselem ,   USA   (05.06.07)
44. G-d Bless the best Israeli organization -Shin Bet!
Damian ,   USA   (05.06.07)
45. The people love the defender of Israel - Shin Bet
Max ,   USA   (05.06.07)
Hate B'Tselem!
46. reporting slander and other none stories as news
chaim ,   miami beach usa   (05.06.07)
During WW2 allied service personal when landing behind enemy line were very careful to wear their uniform to be entitled to consideration and even that mostly did not work, but if they were caught out of uniform they automatically lost any and all rights . Does Arab terrorists wearing civilian clothing, blending into the civilian population, denying their victims be it an infant, pregnant mother to be, the bread winner for his family, the old and infirm, even the right to life, are they entitled to any human consideration, or pity, only a sick idiot that was never touched by these animals would even listen to their sorry self pity. But that I can understand, they feel abandoned and true to that Arab mindset it is an honor to lie cheat and steal. But what I for the life of me why is such self flagellation or the press release containing unsupported lies even give one drop of ink in the Public Press, would the press print the complaints of the insane persons incarcerated in an insane asylums, or the method of treatment. Just why is this issue or the ranting of so called foreign enemy supported organizations even mentioned I hope it is not because they champion the Editors sentiments, if so the editors have no place in that news media and if that is not recognized by a self ultraistic notion of free speech, they are more insidious then meets the eye.
47. Palestinians, B'Tselem, remember October 2000?
Tracy W   (05.06.07)
"In video footage that will remain etched on memories for a long time to come, Israeli TV broadcast the lynching of Israeli soldiers by a furious Palestinian mob in the West Bank town of Ramallah. The film, shot by an Italian television crew, showed dozens of enraged Palestinians storming the police station where the soldiers were being held after they had been captured by Palestinian police. Gruesome scenes were visible through an open window as the mob savagely beat and stabbed two or possibly three of the soldiers to death. Then a body was thrown from an upstairs window. The frenzied crowd clapped and cheered as more blows were rained down on the lifeless figure by the crowd outside. Four men had been travelling in an unmarked car that was somehow apprehended on a street in Ramallah. At least two were killed a couple of hours later. The Israeli army said they were army reservists who had taken a wrong turning and blundered into Ramallah where their car was apprehended." Source: BBC News
48. Thank you Shin Bet for all your good work!
Frank ,   USA   (05.06.07)
49. The very worst torture
Kyle ,   Southpark, CO, USA   (05.07.07)
Cheap "Fruit of the Loom" underpants worn by Rosie O'Donnell as headgear, instead of the top of the line "Victoria's Secret"
50. Shin Bet's torture of detainees
Nikos Retsos ,   U.S.A.   (05.07.07)
I applaud the YNET new for publishing the story - even though the torture of Palestinians in detention is well-known worldwide. Certainly, you wouldn't find a similar report in an Egyptian newspaper. But the comments of the readers here show a widespread public support for torturing under any pretext. And those who advocate torture should not complain about global anti-semitism because it flourishes on the knowledge of those practices that are animalistic. As philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau opined: Once a combatant is disarmed, he is not a combatant anymore, and he should be treated with dignity and respect. The Palestinian problem will not be solved without dignity and respect among the populace and the authorities on both sides. The present attitude just fuels the spiral of violence in the Holy Land.
51. Nikos #50, So if someone has information that could kill ...
Stewart ,   USA   (05.07.07)
a number of people, we are just suppose to stand there and pat the guy on the back? You obviously have very little regard for life if you support an accomplise to murder. Oh, and save your sophmoric pontificating by qouting the French. They use torture also when lives are involved. All you have it totally out of context. He's talking about a combatant whose captured, and thereby nutralized. He's not refering to terrorist actively involved in an operation with active information. Please climb back into your liberal hole.
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