Israel has used torture against Palestinians as part of a colonial legacy that includes similar practices in Ireland, Kenya, Algeria, and South Africa.

‘Torture isn’t new to Palestinians’: How Israel learned from colonialism https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/6/12/torture-isnt-new-to-palestinians-how-israel-learned-from-colonialism?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Global News @global-news-AlJazeera

"Torture isn’t new to Palestinians": How Israel learned from colonialism "Israel has practised torture against the Palestinians since the very beginning": a colonial chain of sexual violence that "Britain rehearsed in Ireland, exported to Palestine, & repeated in Kenya; that France industrialised in Algeria; & that apartheid SA systematised." See Al Jazeera’s doco "Bodies of Evidence: Israel’s Darkest Weapon" https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/6/12/torture-isnt-new-to-palestinians-how-israel-learned-from-colonialism #USPol #EUPol #Palestine #IsraeliTorture #Racism #news .