cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/49562026

May 22, 2026

Activists released from Israeli custody after being detained on a flotilla trying to bring aid to Gaza were subjected to abuse, organizers said on Friday, with several hospitalized with injuries and at least 15 reporting sexual assaults, including rape. Sean Hogan has more.

  • FishFace@piefed.social
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    5 days ago

    It’s not surprising. When you dehumanise the enemy of the state, when you foment bitter hatred against them and cast every opposition to your terroristic, genocidal regime as a deadly threat to the people under it, it leads inevitably to abuse.