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Robert Reich

<article data-history-node-id="432110" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-report-accuses-israel-de-facto-state-policy-torture" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-report-accuses-israel-de-facto-state-policy-torture" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">UN report accuses Israel of 'de facto' state policy of torture</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>A UN report has accused&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israel&nbsp;</a>of having a "de facto" state policy of torture for&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian&nbsp;</a>prisoners.</p> <p>The UN Committee Against Torture said on Friday that use of torture by the Israeli state was "organised and widespread" and had greatly increased since the beginning of the war on Gaza on 7 October 2023.</p> <p>The report noted that Israel had no legislation&nbsp;criminalising torture, and said its legislation allowed public officials to be exempted from criminal culpability under the principle of "necessity".</p> <p>"The committee was deeply concerned about reports indicating a de facto state policy of organised and widespread torture and ill-treatment during the reporting period, which had gravely intensified since 7 October 2023," the report said.</p> <p>"It also expressed its concern that a range of policies adopted by Israel in the course of its continued unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, if implemented in the manner alleged, would amount to cruel, inhuman or degrading living conditions for the Palestinian population."</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/un-report-accuses-israel-de-facto-state-policy-torture">UN report accuses Israel of 'de facto' state policy of torture</a></h3> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Israeli forces stand guard at the Ofer military prison located between Ramallah and Beitunia in the occupied West Bank on 13 October 2025 (AFP)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="0b22b3cf-0fea-42ea-9e28-faad49195011" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/ISRAEL_PRISON_WESTBANK_AFP.jpeg" width="1400" height="788" alt="Israeli forces stand guard at the Ofer military prison located between Ramallah and Beitunia in the occupied West Bank on 13 October 2025 (AFP)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Israeli forces stand guard at the Ofer military prison located between Ramallah and Beitunia in the occupied West Bank on 13 October 2025 (AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> <section>&nbsp;</section> </div> </div> </article>

Years of higher interest rates have sent our rent, mortgage, and debt payments soaring, while banks have raked in huge profits for doing absolutely nothing. The big four UK banks (Barclays, HSBC, Ll...

Ireland's World Cup dream is alive and well after a remarkable, come-from-behind victory in Budapest, beating Hungary 3-2 at the Puskas Arena.

<article data-history-node-id="431408" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/washington-knew-israeli-soldiers-used-palestinians-human-shields-report" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/washington-knew-israeli-soldiers-used-palestinians-human-shields-report" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Washington knew Israeli soldiers used Palestinians as human shields: Report</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The US gathered intelligence last year of Israeli officials discussing how their soldiers had sent Palestinians into Gaza tunnels which the Israelis believed were potentially lined with explosives, according to two former US officials familiar with the matter.</p> <p>The information was shared with the White House and analyzed by the intelligence community in the final weeks of former President Joe Biden's administration, the officials said.</p> <p>International law prohibits the use of civilians as shields during military activity.</p> <p>Officials inside the Biden administration had long raised concerns about news reports that indicated Israeli soldiers were using Palestinians to potentially protect themselves in Gaza. Washington's collection of its own evidence on the subject has not been previously reported.</p> <p>- <em>Reporting by Reuters</em></p> </div> </div> </article>

Raffi Berg is suing journalist Owen Jones over a story in which BBC sources accused him of pro-Israel bias

Raffi Berg, the BBC's online Middle East editor, is suing Owen Jones for publishing an investigation in which numerous BBC whistleblowers accused him of skewing news in Israel’s favour. Here Berg t...