Journalist Noa Avishag Schnall accused Israeli guards of treating her and other prisoners with “extreme brutality” on Monday, including beatings and “threats of rape,” after being taken by Israeli forces from international waters while aboard the Conscience Freedom Flotilla.
In a video statement published to social media, Schnall – a Los Angeles-born photojournalist who had been reporting from the flotilla for Drop Site News – recalled the “extreme brutality” she allegedly experienced during her captivity.
“Any flotilla member who upset the Israeli guards was subjected to twisted and tightened handcuffs and some received beatings,” she said. “I was hung from the metal shackles on my wrists and ankles and beaten in the stomach, back, face, ear, and skull by a group of men and women guards, one of whom sat on my neck and face, blocking my airways.”
The journalist continued, “Many comrades, understandably, do not want their identity made public when recounting this treatment. During the evening, the men were tormented by guards with attack dogs and guns. The women were threatened with pepper spray. Our cell was awoken with threats of rape.”
Something tells me this won’t be reported on by the NY Times. They are only interested in fictional rapes of non-existent Israeli women.
Israeli captives felt like they were going to get raped because their guard stared at them for a few seconds.
Palestinian captives should not feel like they were going to get raped because their guards yell at them that they are going to rape them.
Remember boys and girls, according to the Western Press these people were “detained” by Israel and were “prisioners”, not at all “kidnapped” in an act of piracy in the high seas and held “hostage” - only Palestinian organisations kidnap people and keep them as hostages, whilst Israeli ones only ever do “detentions” and “emprisionment”.
Some of the Sumud prisoners had to pay a deportation fee. Which is totally not the same as demanding ransom money from hostages.
As we often get told, these are the Israeli “authorities” so of course it’s a “fee”.
It’s only a “ransom” when it’s charged by an “organization”, which what the Palestinians have.
Fucking monsters.
I think the play book from IDF apologists is to say: “she’s a liar”, “Israel never does anything wrong”, “the people were punished this is a fringe case”
Not that this is a systemic fucking thing and what they do to anyone who doesn’t agree with them.
What a bunch of disgusting humans.
I believe they’ve lost their humanity long ago.
humanity encompasses the ability to choose evil. by denying them humanity, you’re denying your own potential for evil
Too many humans are inhumane.
They never had
Death, death to the IDF!
We got ton of human right reports about toeture and sexual violence in Israeli jail she was definitely tortured
rape is only bad when they are accused of doing.
oh thats what israelis do when they like you , its normal
As long as her children are in one piece, and her bloodline still exists, it’s an improvement. You have to rate God’s chosen people on a curve. Though now that she’s speaking up, she might get closer to that average like many others before her.
I don’t know if this was your intention, but you come across as being completely dismissive of someone who just went through really horrible and traumatic abduction.
It’s a spectrum. You can’t let perfect be the enemy of good. It’s just harm reduction. You gotta take your wins where you can.
Very oniony, I like it, but I feel it needs a bit more work.
Tough crowd. I work with what’s given to me. Joking about rape, torture, and genocide is no easy task.
What are you even trying to say?
It’s like one of those comments you type out half-asleep on the toilet some mornings before stopping yourself and asking, “Why the fuck am I even saying this?”, before deleting it and going back to lurking. Except he didn’t delete.
