‘Like we were trophies’: Activist says he was brutally abused by Israeli settlers — as tensions in West Bank mount
‘Like we were trophies’: Activist says he was brutally abused by Israeli settlers — as tensions in West Bank mount
Settlers deny incident happened. Israel Defence Forces has launched an investigation.
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But did he condemn Hamas. /s
He did actually. While being beaten. It's in the article. not/s!
Matar says he and two other men were detained by a group of masked settlers wearing Israeli army uniforms, held for eight hours, stripped, blindfolded, beaten and sexually assaulted.
Matar and the others allege they were accused of being terrorists, threatened, urinated on and had photos of their humiliation posted online.
“I was hysterical. I started screaming: ‘I’m against bloodshed! I’m against Hamas!’ ” Matar told the Star at his office in Ramallah.
His tormentor responded: “You’re all Arab s---. We’re going to kill all of you and kick you off the land,” he said.
News of the story broke in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
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He described horrific treatment, saying they were beaten with a plastic pipe and a wooden shovel handle; doused in cold water; and had manure rubbed in their wounds. They were urinated on and even penetrated with a wooden cane, he said.