Krystal Ball - " These soldiers were literally caught on tape raping a Palestinian

[womanofthehills]

“These soldiers were literally caught on tape raping a Palestinian. Their initial arrest sparked the infamous “right to rape” protests. Apparently the protest succeeded in its aims of total impunity for torture and abuse of Palestinians”

BREAKING: The Israeli military says it is dropping charges against five soldiers who were accused of sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee.

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[UpInArms]

1. It is times like these

That wish I believed in hell

Because, if there is a hell, these people belong there for eternity

[yellow dahlia]

33. I say that often - I wish there were a hell.

[Kid Berwyn]

2. That's a war crime.

In addition to being wrong in every civilized sense and the law.

[leftstreet]

7. +1

[Bluetus]

22. Neither the USA or Isrrael are parties to the ICC

Never have been. We reserve the right to commit war crimes with impunity.

[unweird]

29. That needed to change a long time ago.

The excuse that we (US forces) would get hauled off to The Hague was and is still bullshit. If conduct warrants ICC sanctions then so be it.

[yellow dahlia]

34. Give us back a sense of civility, and give us back the rule of law.

[vanessa_ca]

3. That case was SHOCKING! Sodom and Gomorrah all over again. -eom

[MustLoveBeagles]

4. This is outrageous

And right to rape?

[Celerity]

14. Israeli protesters rally for 'the right to rape' prisoners

Protesters, politicians and TV commentators in Israel are defending the right of soldiers to mistreat and even rape Palestinian prisoners in detention. The show of support follows the gang rape of a male detainee by a group of Israeli reservists.

https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2024/8/13/israeli-protesters-rally-for-the-right-to-rape-prisoners

Israeli lawmaker defends alleged rape of Hamas prisoner as far-right protesters rage over IDF troops' detention

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-hamas-war-idf-palestinian-prisoner-alleged-rape-sde-teinman-abuse-protest/

Far right supporters storm Negev military detention center in Israel

Led by ultranationalist elected officials and ministers, a crowd stormed the Sde Teiman base to protest the arrest of nine reservists suspected of having raped a Palestinian detainee.

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/07/30/far-right-supporters-storm-negev-military-detention-center-in-israel_6705115_4.html

[OMGWTF]

5. Rape is not sexual abuse it is sexual assault.

[multigraincracker]

6. Pass the forgiveness on for

those raping them and their families.

[aeromanKC]

8. Past time for The Hague to get involved.

[FakeNoose]

9. Do female soldiers have the same rights as the male soldeirs?

Asking for a country ....

[sarisataka]

27. So you didn't read the article

Not that gender should matter, criminal is criminal

[ihaveaquestion]

10. I don't use twitter, so I can't get to the AP article via your posting of the AP twitter posting.

Can you post the link to the article as well?

[Bettie]

11. Ask and you shall receive

though, I'm not the OP!

https://apnews.com/article/israel-gaza-war-palestinians-prison-abuse-b11e5f0639b7fe51c5ea101f4b320f56

ETA: Fortuitously, it's only 4 paragraphs! (EDIT 2) there is more at the link, background on the situation. I didn't page down far enough past the ads.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military on Thursday said it was dropping charges against five soldiers accused of beating and sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee in an alleged assault partially caught on camera.

The decision, which came as much of the country’s attention was focused on the war with Iran, closed a flashpoint case that has bitterly divided Israel since the soldiers were arrested in 2024 at the notorious Sde Teiman military prison, prompting anger from members of the far-right government and hard-line ultranationalists who violently overran the prison in protest.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the announcement, while human rights groups accused the military of ignoring one of the gravest instances of abuse in the country’s network of wartime prisons.

“Israel’s military advocate general just gave his soldiers license to rape -- so long as the victim is Palestinian,” said Sari Bashi, executive director of the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel, after the case was dismissed. She said the decision was “the latest in a long line of actions that whitewash abuses against detainees whose frequency and severity have worsened since Oct. 7, 2023.”

[ihaveaquestion]

12. Thank You!

[popsdenver]

17. I have always wondered

about the women and children taken captive by the Border Patrol and ICE, starting with Trump's first installation in the White House...........Especially the thousands of kids, kept in chain link pens during his first term, kept from public view, that simply disappeared with NO record of where they all went.......

[Bettie]

18. I have wondered that as well

I expect we'll eventually find out and it won't be good news.

[Clouds Passing]

13. May their conscience awaken soon

[Orrex]

16. Don't hold your breath

[Clouds Passing]

19. Breathing normally, just putting it out there in case the butterfly effect begins their awakening..

That would be the worst punishment for them because then they would be able to see themselves for what they have done in all their horror.

[Orrex]

15. Throughout Netanyahu's voluntary war of deliberate slaughter...

I’ve been told again and again that every bit is justified because Hamas committed violent rape.

Well, apparently it’s ok if Bibi’s thugs are the ones doing the violent raping.

And before anyone chimes in with the usual accusations, let me be clear: Hamas is a vile terrorist regime that should be wiped out to its last member, but that has nothing to do with Netanyahu’s years-long campaign of civilian slaughter.

[Grins]

20. Why I hate Israel, #18...

It took a long time but I have gone from supporter to hater. Could not have done it without them.

[ABC123Easy]

26. #18 for you

#99999999999 for me.

Their government and those who support them. Not the Israeli people who do not. Same as the US right now.

[kimbutgar]

28. I'm not anti semantic and have Jewish friends but I hate Israel.

And especially the evil Bibi.

[malaise]

21. No words

Other than sick fucks led by monsters

[Crunchy Frog]

23. Still the most moral army in the world, apparently.

[multigraincracker]

24. Stop all US aid to Israel until

they are jailed or executed. ALL AID.

[IcyPeas]

25. Trump will approve this message.

[Grim Chieftain]

30. If they wind up in prison, which they should

May karma be a bitch.

[Exp]

31. Typical.. FUCK THE IDF and those WORLDWIDE WHO SUPPORT THEM. YKWYA

[Mossfern]

32. This protest took place in 2024

I do not support it, but wonder why it's being brought up today - especially since there was just an attack on a synagogue in Michigan.

I condemn the soldiers and those who support their heinous acts completely and wholeheartedly.
Some here are blaming "Israel." how many Israelis support such horrendous abuse?

Should the US be abolished because of the actions of the Trump administration?

eta: meant as a response to kimbutgar

[Celerity]

35. The IDF dropped the charges (including rape charges) today, March 12, 2026.

https://apnews.com/article/israel-gaza-war-palestinians-prison-abuse-b11e5f0639b7fe51c5ea101f4b320f56

[Mossfern]

36. Yes, I understand

What does that have to do with the protest in '24 except that it involves the same creeps.
Netanyahu and his ilk are to be detested - I agree with that.

[Celerity]

37. The rapes and then the pro-rape protests back then are the background story to the dropping of the charges today. nt