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Report: Israeli interrogators torture Palestinians

Posted on 06/05/200728/03/2015 By 3arabawy

Israeli interrogators frequently beat Palestinian suspects, shackle them in painful positions and deprive them of sleep, defying a 1999 court ruling outlawing torture, two Israeli human rights groups said Sunday.
One Palestinian said his captors made him arch his back over a bench with his hands and legs joined in what prisoners commonly call “the banana position,” according to a report released by B’Tselem and The Center for the Defense of the Individual.
“They brought a chain and used it to hook together the handcuffs and leg shackles. The way this made my body stretch was unbearable,” said the man, identified as A.Z., 29. “Then the interrogators lifted the bench from both ends and dropped it suddenly. At that point I lost consciousness.”

Mubarak’s security officials to meet with Hamas to stop resistance operations

Posted on 25/04/200728/12/2020 By 3arabawy

This is why the Americans give Mubarak US$1.7 billion a year:

Egyptian security officials in Gaza plan to meet on Wednesday with Hamas’s armed wing and other militant groups to try to head off any further escalation, after a Hamas claimed responsibility for a barrage of rocket fire at Israel.

Mubarak cracks down on Hamas officials

Posted on 23/04/200727/12/2020 By 3arabawy

From the Jerusalem Post:

Egypt has imposed severe restrictions on Hamas officials crossing into the country, sources close to Hamas told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday. Israeli defense officials said the decision to impose the restrictions was part of a general Egyptian “crackdown” on Hamas, which also included increased efforts to prevent weapons smuggling from Sinai into the Gaza Strip.
Many Hamas officials who traveled abroad through the Rafah border crossing over the past few months have complained that they were delayed for several hours on the Egyptian side of the border. The restrictions have created a crisis between Egypt and Hamas, whose leaders accused Cairo of humiliating senior Hamas leaders.