Hunderte Palästinenser, die von der Autonomiebehörde der Zusammenarbeit mit Israel beschuldigt werden, suchen Gerechtigkeit und hoffen auf Anerkennung durch Jerusalem.
“This is a necessary step in our national struggle against terror and against the P.A. that encourages it,” the Israeli finance minister said.
The Jerusalem District Court has approved the freezing of 10 million shekels ($2.75 million) in Palestinian Authority funds pending a lawsuit by the relatives of Ron Benjamin, who was murdered by Hamas terrorists in the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre and whose body was retrieved from Gaza in May.
The rulings describe severe cases of torture endured by the plaintiffs, including serious physical injuries, sleep deprivation, and psychological abuse.
The lawsuits filed include two major claims: one for NIS 1 billion and another for NIS 750 million.
Issam Aqel, a Palestinian-American with Israeli residency, has been detained, arrested and tortured. You may be surprised that you’ve never heard of Aqel.
Detainees were beaten, starved, hit with lead pipes, had cigarettes extinguished on their bodies, hung in torturous positions for hours.
The Palestinian Authority regularly tortured and abused both Israelis and Palestinians suspected of cooperating with Israel, states a precedent-setting Israeli ruling released on Wednesday.
