Emma Graham-Harrison
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You know, he's made celebrating the abuse and mistreatment of Palestinian prisoners a
often on camera, a sort of trademark.
He goes to prisons and then, you know, these videos have come out, not always released by him.
He's reopened, for instance, an underground prison where prisoners never see daylight.
Starvation is widespread.
And, you know, this is happening in a culture of sort of widespread violence.
dehumanisation of Palestinians.
And what shocked some people is not the abuse or the mistreatment, because much more serious abuse is now systemic in Israeli prisons, which the rights group B'Tselem says should now be considered torture camps, Israeli prisons and detention centres.
What's interesting is that Ben-Gavir is not concerned about what the rest of the world would think about this and not concerned about targeting foreign citizens who have, in many cases, quite powerful governments who are now trying to stand up for their rights behind them.
It's almost like they've been dehumanised by association with this broader dehumanisation of Palestinians.
You can question whether this should really be called a ceasefire.
Over 100 people a month on average since the ceasefire began being killed would be considered an active conflict.
The situation in Gaza just does not seem to be a priority for governments around the world who are concerned about the war in Iran, the impact of higher oil prices on cost of living and inflation and things like that.
Certainly at the moment we see a lot of condemnation, but very little in terms of practical steps that might mean an improvement.
for people in Gaza who are living in this terrible limbo.
So living conditions are still absolutely horrendous.
There's still widespread shortages of food for many people.
There's a lack of access to clean water and sanitation.
People don't have enough water to drink, to wash themselves, to make food safely.
Sewage isn't being taken away.