Monday, November 1, 2010
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Palestinian Media Watch: New PA libel: Israel tortures prisoners with hot irons and electric drills - 'Libelous drawings depicting fictitious "Israeli torture" are part of the new introduction to a PA TV program for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons and their families...It should be noted that no accusations about this kind of treatment have ever been made against Israel by the International Red Cross, by human rights groups or by Palestinian prisoners themselves. In a striking irony, in the same week that the PA started to disseminate these libelous drawings on TV, an article in the official PA daily indicated that the prisons are very different than these libels portray. It stated that Palestinian prisoners are given educational opportunities. The PA daily celebrated how "prisoners in occupation [Israeli] prisons complete university studies and obtain MA and Ph.D. degrees," and proudly cited that "since 2000 more than 10,000 Palestinian prisoners have attained matriculation certificates while still in the occupation prisons." [Transcript below]...'
