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

submitted 2 weeks ago by IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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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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[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Once again you focus on irrelevant minutae to avoid acknowledging that it is a comparable dehumanization tactic.

[–] teft@lemmy.world -3 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Dehumanization happens to all prisoners.

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

They are not prisoners. They are Palestinian hostages who had been jailed and tortured without trial. Turns out they were innocent and then released.

Osama Shaheen, who was released in August after 10 months of administrative detention

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Not all dehumanization is the same.

Numbers on an outfit are different than numbers written on foreheads.

[–] irreticent@lemmy.world -2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

As an aside, I've never understood why people announce they're blocking someone, unsubscribing, etc. Nobody cares except you. What's even more weird is when someone claims "I'm blocking you" then keeps arguing with that person.

Example:

So once again you just ignore the "branding" issue. I'm blocking you since you obviously have some sort of agenda and don't engage in good faith. Good day.

And here you are two hours later still responding to the person you "blocked."

For someone being so pedantic about the definition and misuse of a word you seem to be doing the same thing you're complianing about: using a word to be misleading.

Blocking means you don't engage with that user in any way anymore. You mislead us into believing you were going to block someone (as weird as that is to announce it) and continue to debate that person.

I have no opinions on the debate you're having, I just felt the need to point out your hypocrisy.

[–] teft@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You have reading comprehension issues since the person I'm replying to here is not the same person I blocked.

[–] irreticent@lemmy.world -2 points 2 weeks ago

My bad, I didn't notice it was someone else.

My point still stands that it's weird that you keep announcing you're blocking someone. You do it a lot.