Emma Graham-Harrison
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And when you say accused, that's even part of the problem, right?
Because nobody's being accused in a court of law or by the legal system.
And that is something that seems to have
Pretty majority support.
So perhaps the most high profile case inside Israel since October 7th involving Israeli violence against Palestinians was a...
alleged violent rape of a Palestinian detainee in a military prison called Sedeir Teman in 2024.
The attack, which medical records showed included a rape, was caught on camera.
So there's video footage of it.
And it came to light, it was brought to the attention of the military prosecutor by medical whistleblowers.
So when this man was taken to hospital with horrific injuries, doctors in the hospital reported to police
that he'd been a victim of a terrible assault.
So it was something that was brought to light within the Israeli system.
The military advocate general, who's like the chief prosecutor, then launched a case against these soldiers for assault.
And when they were arrested, it prompted mass demonstrations.
We saw crowds of people, including members of the Knesset, storming military bases.
not motivated by horror at this violent attack, but motivated by anger that soldiers had been detained.
One of the members of Knesset said openly, you know, asked if it's permitted to rape a detainee.
And they said if that person is a Nukbar, a member of the elite Hamas force, which sort of led the October 7th attacks, anything is permitted.
The case was eventually dropped over a year later.
And when it was dropped,