This Times of Israel report https://www.timesofisrael.com/report-details-torture-by-pa-and-hamas-in-their-parallel-police-states reveals that the BBC and Labour Party's heroes Hamas and the Palestinian Authority are not as nice as they pupport:
'Human Rights Watch on Tuesday accused both the Palestinian Authority and Hamas of routinely engaging in "systematic" unwarranted arrests and torture of critics, suspected dissidents and political opponents, and of developing "parallel police states" in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, respectively.
In a 149-page report based on interviews with 147 witnesses, Human Rights Watch detailed a common method of abuse and torture known as shabeh — used both by the PA and Hamas — in which detainees are placed in painful physical positions for lengthy periods of time. Such practices cause distress and trauma to detainees, while often leaving "little or no trace on the body," the report said.
The widespread occurrence of such brutality indicates that "torture is governmental policy for both the PA and Hamas," HRW stated.
Shabeh techniques include forcing detainees into squats, powerfully stretching their arms above or behind them, and leaving them standing or sitting in child-sized chairs for hours on end.'
I wonder what Jeremy Corbyn would say about this, likewise the BBC. Presumably somehow it's all the fault of Israel.
Regardless of provenance, the odds of an agenda behind these reports are excellent. 'Consider the Source' is always an interesting question. https://www.ngo-monitor.org/ngos/human_rights_watch_hrw_/ "Promotes a Palestinian “right of return,” which, if implemented, would effectually mean the elimination of Israel as the nation state of the Jewish people." Or would assert the rights of Palestinians to live in Palestine. The logic for this 'eliminating Israel' is not intuitive - and in fact seems illogical posturing.
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