Israel’s brutality cannot continue in plain sight | Letters
Gwyn Daniel and Phil Gaunt respond to an article by Nesrine Malik about the horrors taking place in Israel’s prisonsNesrine Malik’s incisive piece (In Israel’s prisons, torture and death have become a norm that it barely tries to hide, 13 July) lays bare the fact that all the illegal detentions, deaths, torture and sexual abuse in Israeli prisons are not aberrations from a legal system, but deeply embedded in the practices and intentions of the state. She mentions the psychological…
Gwyn Daniel and Phil Gaunt responded to Nesrine Malik's article on conditions in Israeli prisons, asserting that illegal detentions, torture, and abuse are embedded state practices, not aberrations. Daniel, a mental health practitioner, stated that these practices are "designed to undermine the fabric of family, social and community life" and attack Palestinian minds, relationships, and bodies. Both authors criticized Western governments and media for failing to hold the Israeli state accountable, instead focusing on "extremist fringes." Gaunt emphasized the need for the UK and Europe to act more decisively on trade with Israel and work towards ending the occupation, noting that sanctions on illegal settlers are insufficient given the Israeli government's provision of immunity.
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