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The Israeli government is facing what it calls a “public relations disaster” after a video surfaced showing soldiers torturing and sexually assaulting a Palestinian prisoner – a clear war crime under any legal system. Public outrage in Israel has focused less on the abuse itself and more on the leak. And the military’s chief prosecutor, who admitted leaking the footage, has been arrested and branded a traitor. The saga is yet another example of Israeli society’s unwillingness to confront what it has become.

Contributors:

Chris Doyle – Director, Council for Arab-British Understanding

Mairav Zonszien – Senior Israel analyst, International Crisis Group

Ori Goldberg – Academic and political commentator

Yara Hawari – Co-director, A

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