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Male and female Palestinians describe brutal sexual abuse at the hands of Israel’s prison guards, soldiers, settlers and interrogators.

The assault victims were warned not to give speak of what they endured -- they were sometimes told they would be killed or raped if they gave interviews -- but they found the courage to do so.

Sami al-Sai, a 46-year-old Palestinian freelance journalist, said guards beat him, stepped on his head and neck, stripped him naked, and tried to force a rubber baton into his rectum before one guard shouted in Hebrew: “Give me the carrots.” He said guards then assaulted him with a carrot while laughing. “It was extremely painful,” he told Kristof. “I was praying for death.” A female guard allegedly grabbed his penis and testicles and joked: “these are mine.” Al-Sai said guards later left him handcuffed on the ground during what he realized was “their smoking break.” When he was finally dumped into a prison cell, he said he discovered “other people’s vomit, blood and broken teeth” crushed into his skin. He told Kristof he believed the abuse was partly intended to pressure him into becoming an informant for Israeli intelligence.

A Palestinian farmer held for months without charges under administrative detention said guards pinned him down by his arms and legs, stripped him, and raped him with a metal baton while “laughing and cheering.” Hours later, after collapsing and briefly being taken to a prison clinic, he said guards raped him again with the baton. “I was bleeding,” he recalled. “I broke down completely. I was crying.” After he asked for pen and paper to file a complaint, guards returned to his cell later that evening. “Who is the one who wants to file a complaint?” one mocked before the farmer was beaten and raped a third time. Another guard allegedly told him: “Now you have even more to put in your complaint.” Days after speaking to Kristof, the farmer reportedly withdrew permission to use his name after a visit from Shin Bet officers warning him not to “cause trouble.”

A 23-year-old Palestinian woman arrested after October 7 said Israeli soldiers threatened to rape her, her mother, and her young niece during her arrest. She told Kristof male and female guards repeatedly stripped her naked, handcuffed her behind her back, bent her over toilets, beat her, and groped her body during repeated “searches.” “They had their hands all over my body,” she said. “To be honest, I don’t know if they raped me,” because she sometimes lost consciousness from the beatings. “It was as if they were introducing me to everyone who worked there,” she said. “At the beginning of each shift, they would bring the guys to strip me.” Before release, she said six officials warned that if she spoke publicly “they would rape me, kill me and kill my father.”

▪️A Palestinian journalist from Gaza said guards zip-tied his penis and testicles for hours while beating his genitals so badly that he urinated blood for days afterward. “No one escaped sexual assaults,” he told Kristof. “Not all were raped, I would say, but everyone went through humiliating, filthy sexual assaults.” He also alleged that while blindfolded and handcuffed, guards summoned a police dog that mounted and penetrated him while guards photographed the rape and laughed. “They were using cameras to take photos, and I heard their laughs and giggles,” he said. After release, he said an Israeli official warned him: “If you want to stay alive when you return, do not speak to the media.” Despite the threats, he said he spoke publicly because “there are people still in there.”

▪️Three Palestinian teenage boys detained by Israeli authorities described sexual abuse, beatings, forced nudity, and repeated rape threats directed at both them and their mothers. One 15-year-old boy told Kristof guards routinely threatened detainees by saying: “Do this or we’ll put this stick up your butt.” The boys described rape threats and sexual humiliation as routine parts of detention.

Here's a gift link to the article:

https://x.com/nickkristof/status/2053777719637463367?s=46

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/opinion/israel-palestinians-sexual-violence.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hlA.kfgZ.ZMP5yQa7u9k7&smid=url-share

Sexual violence against Palestinians in Israeli prisons and detention centres constitutes a de facto state policy, used as a tool of subjugation and destruction, with a sharp escalation and the removal of prior restraints since 7 October 2023.

A new Euro-Med Monitor report, titled “Another genocide behind walls”, documents widespread patterns of sexual violence, including rape, against detainees from the Gaza Strip, describing it as a tool of destruction aimed at breaking individual and collective will

The report cites direct sexual assault, assault with objects, and torture targeting the genitals, as well as organised practices such as filming and the presence of multiple security personnel, which reinforces evidence of the institutional and systematic nature of these crimes

43-year-old Wajdi, who spent a year in detention, said: “They tied me naked to a metal bed [...] then a soldier raped me. I felt severe pain in my anus and screamed, but every time I screamed, I was beaten. [...] Later, they untied me and brought a dog, which also raped me.”

Torture against Palestinians seeks to inflict “psychological destruction” that strikes at the foundations of the human personality. Sexual violence is medically and legally recognised as one of the most severe causes of complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD)

“Another genocide behind walls”: New report documents testimonies of rape and sexual violence in Israeli prisons

euromedmonitor.org/a/7022

https://x.com/euromedhr/status/2043602397784588782?s=46

Why are properties so expensive in Guntur?

An old house for resale in a decent area (not posh location) 1350sq ft is sold for 90L G+1.

If I put some more money, then I can get a relatively new G+3 building in Bangalore city centre with Kaveri water, 700sq ft carpet area, again in the heart of blr city.

Why is real-estate so costly in Guntur? Any price crash or correction that we are to face for Guntur properties?

Genuinely had one of the worst interview experiences recently. I’m not a developer but work at a manager level in tech- Data and AI.

So I just got out of an interview where the questions were pre-written by an AI, and the interviewer was basically just sitting there, reading questions which I’ve on screen and scoring my answers against some pre-decided rubric.

Like they already had the “right” answers before I even walked in.

I’ve worked on actual projects, made real decisions, dealt with messy situations that don’t have textbook answers. And none of that came up because the questions weren’t designed to go there. It was just read question, answer question, get scored.

Why interview and not let me talk about my skills and experience?

At some point I realised the interviewer wasn’t really listening to what I was saying. They were just checking whether my words matched whatever the tool told them a good answer sounds like.

It felt so weird. There’s a human in the room, we’re technically having a conversation, but it’s not actually a conversation at all.

I would’ve preferred a written test honestly.

I don’t know who this process is designed to help. Doesn’t seem like it’s the candidate. Not sure it’s even helping the company find good people.

Feels like it exists so someone in HR can say the process is “standardised.”

Anyone else dealt with this recently? How did you handle it?

Genuinely had one of the worst interview experiences recently.

So I just got out of an interview where the questions were pre-written by an AI, and the interviewer was basically just sitting there, reading questions which I’ve on screen and scoring my answers against some pre-decided rubric.

Like they already had the “right” answers before I even walked in.

I’ve worked on actual projects, made real decisions, dealt with messy situations that don’t have textbook answers. And none of that came up because the questions weren’t designed to go there. It was just read question, answer question, get scored.

Why interview and not let me talk about my skills and experience?

At some point I realised the interviewer wasn’t really listening to what I was saying. They were just checking whether my words matched whatever the tool told them a good answer sounds like.

It felt so weird. There’s a human in the room, we’re technically having a conversation, but it’s not actually a conversation at all.

I would’ve preferred a written test honestly.

I don’t know who this process is designed to help. Doesn’t seem like it’s the candidate. Not sure it’s even helping the company find good people.

Feels like it exists so someone in HR can say the process is “standardised.”

Anyone else dealt with this recently? How did you handle it?