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Palestinian Prisoners’ Club accuses Ben Gvir of ‘revenge’ for alleged abuse of inmates in video
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA Palestinian NGO denounces what it calls an Israeli act of revenge after a video showed far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir overseeing alleged abuse of detainees in a military prison.
Just days before the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Ben Gvir held a tour of Ofer Prison in the West Bank.
In footage filmed yesterday and posted by the minister, around 20 police officers are seen stationed in a hallway leading to prison cells, brandishing their weapons and firing stun grenades.
They then pull five detainees from their cells, their hands tied behind their backs, forcing them face down onto the floor.
“This is all part of ongoing displays meant to take revenge on Palestinian detainees,” Abdallah al‑Zaghari, head of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club, tells AFP.
“Everything Ben Gvir and the far‑right government are doing affects not only the Palestinian people and prisoners in detention camps — it also impacts the global legal and human rights system,” he adds.
“It is simply a source of pride — arriving at a prison like this, a prison for terrorists, the vilest of the vile, seeing them like this,” Ben Gvir says in the video.
“I want one more thing: to execute them — the death penalty for terrorists,” he adds.
Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
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