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Israel brands Palestinian detainees with numbers on their foreheads (www.middleeasteye.net)

submitted 1 month ago by IndustryStandard to c/aboringdystopia

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When Israel re-arrested Palestinian men in the occupied West Bank town of Dura, the detainees faced familiar treatment.

They were blindfolded, handcuffed, insulted and kept in inhumane conditions. More unusual was that each man had a number written on his forehead.

Osama Shaheen, who was released in August after 10 months of administrative detention, told Middle East Eye that soldiers brutally stormed his house, smashing his furniture.

"The soldiers turned us from names into numbers, and every detainee had a number that they used to provoke him during his arrest and call him by number instead of name. To them, we are just numbers."

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[–] Dasus -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's not deceptive in any way. You're trying to assert an insane prescriptive standard for journalists, something which is completely unrealistic. If we actually tried applying this asinine logic of yours to pretty much any other headline, you'd see how ridiculous it is.

And just like the other poster has repeatedly told you, this does conform to the definition of a brand. You just don't feel like accepting it has more definitions than a burning iron, because of course you won't, because then you'd have to accept this insane dehumanisation Israel is doing to Palestinians, something which you're literally incapable of.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brand

: a mark made by burning with a hot iron to attest manufacture or quality or to designate ownership

(2): a printed mark made for similar purposes

No-one is making shit up, but you sure as shit are being apologetic about what Israel is doing. Almost as if you don't accept that Israel is committing crimes on humanity?

[–] TheFonz 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Who. In. The fuck. Did any apologia here? What a fucking imbecile thing to write to someone that stated clearly and emphatically that the IDF is committing plenty of heinous acts.

Hoooooly shit.

How insecure do you have to be to just pivot to name calling without engaging with what is being said. Are you a child?

[–] Dasus -1 points 1 month ago

"Heinous acts" is a start. Would you say they constitute genocide and/or other crimes against humanity?