There it is. Their lawyer approached a number of human rights organizations, only to be met with the response: “Assistance? Only for someone suing Israel.” If it helps the Jews, no dice, even if non-Jews, Muslims, Christians, whoever are the victims.

The left’s hypocrisy on full display. Again.

Human Rights Organizations Refuse to Assist Arab Victims of Palestinian Torture

United with Israel, January 29, 2018:

A group of Arabs who were tortured by the Palestinian Authority have learned that human rights groups are only interested in cases that harm Israel’s reputation.

By: Yoni Ozery, Institute of Zionist Strategies

Fifty-two Israeli and Palestinian Arabs, victims of torture at the hands of the Palestinian Authority (PA), have recently won a lawsuit filed against the PA. The next stage – that of determining damages – has subsequently encountered difficulties due to the need for relevant medical specialists. Their lawyer approached a number of human rights organizations only to be met with the response: “Assistance? Only for someone suing Israel.”

Last June, the Jerusalem District Court issued a precedential ruling according to which the PA is responsible for the physical and emotional injury caused to no less than 52 plaintiffs – Israeli and Palestinian Arabs suspected by the PA of collaboration with Israel – and charged the PA with their compensation. The victims represented in the trial have subsequently encountered difficulty in determining the level of compensation, being unable to locate and finance doctors willing to provide them with the professional assessment necessary for determining disability levels.

As a result, the law office representing the plaintiffs, Rom-Arbus-Kedem-Zur, approached several human rights organizations requesting assistance in finding specialists in a range of medical fields. The only response forthcoming to their appeal came from the “Blue and White” Human Rights Movement of the Institute for Zionist Strategies, who willingly answered the call.

As mentioned, the court verdict published this July, reveals an in-depth account of each of the plaintiffs and his circumstances. The resulting picture is one of widespread detentions throughout Judea and Samaria of those suspected of collaborating with Israel. The vicious torture described by the plaintiffs included beatings with metal wires and rubber pipes, cigarette burns, being hung for hours, and sleep- and food-deprivation. As a result, the plaintiffs sustained severe damage to both their physical and mental health.

“An Israeli court determined that the responsibility for the plaintiffs’ injures lies with the Palestinian Authority on which the court imposed obligation for paying damages”, said their lawyer Adv. Barak Kedem, during an interview with 360. He also explained that medical specialists were now required to evaluate the victim’s disabilities and thereby enable the court to set damages.

Kedem revealed that due to the complexity of the sustained injuries, the cost of each victim’s examination may reach thousands of shekels, however no finance is forthcoming for this cause. “These are people who are suffering from a number of parallel disabilities – physical disability, psychiatric, urological and others. Some are suffering from five or more disabilities and are therefore in need of experts to determine their overall disability profile.”

Assistance? Only for Palestinians Who Sue Israel

The lawyers consequently turned to a range of human rights organizations in a plea for assistance, a plea that was, as mentioned previously, generally either refused or simply ignored. “We need doctors to volunteer to examine the plaintiffs and also financial assistance to pay for their expenses”, Kedem stresses. “Thus far we have only received a response from the ‘Blue and White’ Human Rights Movement, from the ‘Honenu’ organization and from the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel. The remaining organizations refused to help, claiming that they only assist Palestinians who sue the State of Israel.”

Nave Dromi, director of the Institute for Zionist Strategies’ “Blue and White” Human Rights Movement, told 360 that the movement decided to assist the victims of the PA torture and attempted to interest specialist physicians in their case, only to face similar difficulties.

“We are a national-Zionist human rights organization which strives to show that it’s possible to be a human rights organization and love Israel,” Dromi explains.

“We already have doctors who cooperate and help us, but due to the large number of claims and cases, we tried to approach others with a request for assistance and were surprised to discover it wasn’t forthcoming. We were told: ‘You are a right-wing organization’, ‘you are extreme right-wing’, and there were also those who hinted that it bothers them that helping us may hurt the Palestinian Authority. We couldn’t believe that politics was being involved in this story too.”

According to Dromi, “This is a noble cause and we just didn’t expect their unwillingness to help, so we decided to turn to the public.”

Dromi launched an internet campaign to raise funds and to call for assistance in recruiting specialist doctors to conduct the necessary medical examinations and to compose a summary to be submitted to the court.

“We regard it as our moral obligation to assist these people who risked themselves and their families for the sake of Israel’s security,” stresses Dromi. “All assistance and volunteering is of great benefit.”

 

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Mahou Shoujo

6 years ago

But of course, the associations of busy bodies, liars and antisemites do not have the resources to tell the truth about muslims who torture and murder muslims. It would not look good to see muslims are every bit the subhumans they are described as in the qur’an.

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Achmed Mohammedan

6 years ago

Who needs physicians … Just take the total contributions to UNRWA. That should be an approximate 20% (traditional downstroke) as a down payment. The remainder will follow, utilizing a creative financing plan.

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SNOWDIN

6 years ago

The Activist Inhumane Rights Organizations only are concerned when it is the, as the worthless politicians cower to their smallist whims. The leaders of the other countries do not care what they have to say. They would just as well detain them and slit the throats of the Inhumane Activitists

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Suresh

6 years ago

Reply to  SNOWDIN

Agree. All these Human rights, UN orgs have been taken over by Left/Pro-jihadi cabal. Just like FBI/DOJ/State/Dept/NSA.

Trump was initially fooled by Taqiya from Abbas – the jihadi fraud. but once he realised he was conned, boy was Trump furious as hell http://bit.ly/2rOmfyJ

That is when Trump realised how stupid it was to fund and support this jihadi scum.

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Kalambong Kalambong

6 years ago

Reply to  SNOWDIN

You know who join those ‘human rights’ organizations?

HYPOCRITES !!

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R. Arandas

6 years ago

Muslim-on-Muslim violence sure makes the liberals scratch their heads in indecision.

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Alleged-Comment

6 years ago

So, it’s a Palestinian cause under the guise of Human Rights Organization? They should do more of this to OUT them. This is worse than hypocrisy, it’s deception, of course.

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Dagonet

6 years ago

Saudi pisslamist, “American” pisslamist, nationality doesn’t mean S- to me. ALL pisslamists can rot in H- or here on earth.

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Ari

6 years ago

They are fake “human rights” organizations.
An Al Jazeera TV news presenter in the picture.

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harleycowboy

6 years ago

We need a clean up on Jason. He seems to have crapped on the comments.

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harleycowboy

6 years ago

“A group of Arabs who were tortured by the Palestinian Authority have
learned that human rights groups are only interested in cases that harm
Israel’s reputation.”
A terrible lesson on who their friends are.

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