The backlash to revelations of sexual torture of Palestinian prisoners aims to raise the cost of speaking out | Yuli Novak

Netanyahu is doing to the NYT exactly what Trump is with the BBC: suing them for reporting on actual, truthful events. That Palestinian prisoners have been raped by Israeli captors has been known for years now. Nicholas Kristof simply put it in an article—an opinion piece—with a banner headline.

Netanyahu is vowing to sue the New York Times over Nicholas Kristof’s well researched piece on the systemic sexual violence it carries out on Palestinian prisoners. Unsurprisingly, they are alleging this was a case of ‘blood libel.’

The nytimes released an actually well sourced article about how Israel systematically rapes Palestinian prisoners, including with dogs, and now Israel is suing.

“I appreciate the intense interest in my column,” Kristof wrote. “For skeptics, why not agree on Red Cross and lawyer visits for the 9,000 Palestinian “security” prisoners? If you think these abuse allegations are false, such monitoring visits would be protective. So why not?”

I'm sorry but weren't Israeli soldiers *literally* caught on camera sexually abusing Palestinian prisoners and didn't one of them *literally* go on TV and admit he'd done it?

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The evidence that systemic sexual violence, rape and torture against Palestinian prisoners and detainees, including children, is well documented, enormous and has been implemented for years. Long before the New York Times piece, human rights organizations, including

Sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners is not new. I was reading about it in my college classes in the 90’s. It’s been going on that long.

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the israeli people held protests for the "right" to rape Palestinian prisoners. Scum.

This article by @Nicolas Kristof is a hard article to read, but need to be read to demand a stop to the horrible, systematic violence with rape and other sexual violence of Palestinian prisoners I hope you'll consider sharing: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/o...

Sexual torture in Israeli custody is part of a system that denies Palestinians’ humanity | Yuli Novak Israel’s response to recent New York Times reporting detailing the horrific sexual violence inflicted on detainees seeks to silence those who assert the basic fact of Palestinian...

Israeli officials said Thursday that they will sue The New York Times over a column alleging that Israeli soldiers sexually abused and raped Palestinian prisoners.

100% of 400 Palestinian prisoners interviewed by Physicians For Human Rights Israel gave details of being abused by Israeli guards: @FT.com report from Oct 2025