‘We returned from hell’: Palestinian journalists recount torture in Israeli prisons

Content warning: This article contains graphic descriptions of physical, psychological, and sexual violence. Palestinian journalist Ahmed Abdel Aal remembers the moment the ear-splitting music started. For five days, he said, he was held blindfolded in a room in an Israeli detention site, stripped and beaten, while loud Hebrew and English songs played at an unrelenting … Continue reading ‘We returned from hell’: Palestinian journalists recount torture in Israeli prisons