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Jonathan Guyer (2024-10-14). "US officials attend Gaza aid meetings on site of Israeli prison accused of 'horrific' torture". The Guardian.

Concentration camp — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2401:7000:DB83:4901:D975:8F9F:9DC1:89A1 (talk) 09:20, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The image attached to this Wikiepdia entry was first published in Israeli newspaper Haaretz in January 2024, four months prior to what is stated in the entry: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-01-03/ty-article/.premium/number-of-gazans-detained-in-israel-jumps-150-witness-soldiers-abuse-detainees/0000018c-ca0b-d6c4-ab8d-ebbf60380000

Haaretz was the first publication to reveal detainees were held in Sde Teiman and were handcuffed and blindfolded back in December: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-12-18/ty-article/.premium/hundreds-of-gazans-arrested-during-war-held-blindfolded-and-handcuffed-at-israeli-base/0000018c-7ce6-de44-a9be-7df678fd0000 Dertel1 (talk) 14:42, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Geardona (talk to me?) 01:04, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Allegations of female officers torturing detainees

A detainee said he was ordered by a female officer to have his rectum pressed against a metal stick fixed to the ground, causing severe bleeding and unbearable agony.^[1] This definitely needs to be included in the article. 46.31.112.221 (talk) 12:24, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

^ Sodomised to death: Stories of torture at Israel's Sde Teiman base emerge

That's already been done. It wasn't the prisoner who was ordered, but her assistents who carried out her order on the victim.Nishidani (talk) 16:54, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Allegations of sexual harassment of female guards by prisoners

Isn't this WP:UNDUE? An allegation made by an anonymous soldier is not comparable to multiple documented abuses. I would also argue that ToI is not particulary neutral and should be used with caution. I checked to see if this was covered by any other site apart from ToI and couldn't find anything (which fails WP:PROPORTION). - Ïvana (talk) 04:26, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You mean that the known and understandable reluctance of women to speak up about the sexual abuse they may (or may not) have suffered means we shouldn't mention it, when both a TV channel, and a major Israeli RS, report the allegation? How extraordinary. Use that standard set of objections for the individual incidents covered on the wiki Sexual and Gender Abuse in the Israel-Hamas war article, and one would gut it, and improperly so. The woman in question is speaking on behalf of her female colleagues at Sde Teiman.

Mem told Channel 13 that every female guard at the facility has been subjected to some form of sexual harassment, from the terrorists blowing kisses at them to suggestive comments to spitting on the floor when they hear women speak.

One could argue that this allegation is more suited to articles dealing with the information/image packaging of the present war, than to Sde Teiman in particular. But that would be to indulge in original research, since there is no textual indication her statement might be connected to some strategy of countering the emerging accusations which, contextually, it might be seen as a response to. We simply provide a detail that forms part of the record. Nishidani (talk) 09:16, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Nishidani: I made no comments on the content of the allegations by the anonymous soldier, so I'm not sure on what repeating her statement is supposed to achieve. Reporting from israeli channels or sites about what the IDF or its soldiers say is neither new nor exceptional and does not automatically confer validity or relevance. My point is that, as far as I know, this has not been covered anywhere else apart from ToI (which is a biased source). Dedicating an entire subsection to it seems bothsideish. If you believe it is paramount to include this information then surely it could be integrated into a broader responses/reactions section. - Ïvana (talk) 19:11, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It is mentioned twice (as far as we know). On a TV channel, and on ToL, not once. All sources in this area are biased. In would be improper to place it in a reactions section (already considered that) because we don't know if it is a reaction. We should wait for the official report of inquiry on Sde Teiman which is now underway. Nishidani (talk) 19:43, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

~~The citation listed for the quoted statement specifically outlines an instance with a more serious allegation. It seems deliberate that this article omits it:~~

Mem was on guard duty when she heard a female soldier in the hospital shouting, so she went to see if she could help. When she got there, a terrorist had pulled down his underwear and started to pleasure himself while looking the two women in the eyes and smiling. Mem said she ordered him to stop but he ignored her.

It also mentions how her reports were ignored, supporting why it's underreported. At the very least, I think the current quoted section should be updated to reflect that the allegations involved more serious accusations.

Here are other references to sexual assault on Israeli guards by Arab prisoners. Some reference additional support for Israeli authorities trying to keep it under wraps.^[1]^[2]^[3]

^ "Sexual assault of female guards by Palestinian inmates is Israel's Metoo scandal". The Jerusalem Post. April 2, 2024.

^ "Palestinian inmate, ex-officers at Gilboa Prison to be indicted in pimping scandal". The Times of Israel. March 23, 2023.

^ "Sexual assaults by Arab prisoners against Israeli female soldiers". The Jerusalem Post. July 25, 2022.

~~Pingpong947 (talk) 15:45, 29 July 2024 (UTC)~~[reply]

Isn't this an example of victim blaming? VR _{(Please ping on reply)} 04:21, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

~~@Vice regent: What? Pingpong947 (talk) 11:44, 18 August 2024 (UTC)~~[reply]

Blaming the victims of sexual assault of provoking it.VR _{(Please ping on reply)} 04:08, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And not from the Sde Teiman camp ... Why is it even relevant? Iskandar323 (talk) 05:00, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is indeed a serious problem, particularly considering that Haaretz has just confirmed from testimony of Israeli guards that female guards made unfounded claims of sexual harassment that led to the detainee being subjected to torture, and it has been confirmed from testimony of detainees that female guards are also responsible for rape, gang-rape and torture.

If Hamas guards in Gaza came out and said "the detainees were sexually harassing our female relatives who were in the house in which they were kept", would that be added to the page on sexual violence against Israelis as an attempt to "balance" it? No, it wouldn't be.

I support removing that as it is a serious violation of NPOV. Raskolnikov.Rev (talk) 08:49, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think you understand what "confirmed" means. The Haaretz article is pay-walled so I'm unsure of what you're referencing. MiddleEastMonitor is a propaganda mouthpiece for Hamas. You are seriously equating suspected Hamas terrorists with 10/7 captives, plenty of which they've already murdered? Is this entire site completely captured? Pingpong947 (talk) 08:22, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's Middle East Eye above, not MEMO. Take sourcing concerns to WP:RSN. Iskandar323 (talk) 10:10, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agajn, what? The victims are the Israeli guards who were allegedly sexually assaulted by the Arab prisoners. The article deliberately omits the more serious sexual depravity she reported; him masturbating in front of them. I am noting this glaring omission, suggesting it be added in for transparency and accuracy. This is from Sde Tieman and is already referenced in the article, hence me pointing out the obvious omission of her report.

The other citations I provided were to validate that these sexual assaults are known to have gone underreported or not investigated. User @Ïvana used the lack of reports to cast doubt and I am pointing out that these incidents are known to be underreported.

~~I'm still unsure how you interpreted me as victim blaming? Pingpong947 (talk) 08:15, 30 August 2024 (UTC)~~[reply]

This report contradicts the numerous reports and video footage showing that all the detainees are blindfolded and bound (as part of the sweeping abuses at the torture camp). WP:ECREE concerns apply in the context. Iskandar323 (talk) 10:15, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I will never understand how anyone can believe how starved, tortured, malnutritioned, handcuffed and blindfolded prisoners were "blowing kisses" to female soldiers; especially as we have seen the videos of the prisoners being in these conditions, including ones in which they were gang raped. But that's none of my business. What is important here is that this is only exclusively reported on by Israeli websites, and none by any other. Makeandtoss (talk) 10:41, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Pingpong947: you have 22 edits. Please refrain from commenting here unless it is to make an edit request per WP:ARBECR. - Ïvana (talk) 11:06, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I DID make an edit request, which was deleted by you. I want the article to reflect the sexual harassment the female guards received, which includes the suspected terrorists masturbating in front of them. Please put that in the article for fairness. Pingpong947 (talk) 09:00, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

POV wording

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In the allegations of sexual harrassment section, change "suffer regular sexual harrassment" to "experience regular" or "receive regular"; leave up to your preference. "Suffer" is unnecessarily emotionally charged. 211.43.120.242 (talk) 00:49, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Per MOS:WTW — hako9 (talk) 12:54, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's referencing a female guard routinely 'experiencing' something that nobody enjoys and is indicative of suffering. The linked MOS:WTW page even uses the word suffering to describe an article. Parts of the article absurdly suggest that a 300 lb. man, someone in a wheelchair, or persons currently wounded can't be wanted terrorists. Is that not indicative of bias? Pingpong947 (talk) 16:31, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why would anyone, wounded or not, be a terrorist without being convicted in a free and fair trial? VR _{(Please ping on reply)} 04:23, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Because a trial is not required to be a terrorist? Do you think Osama bin Laden is not a terrorist? I'm not sure what your response has to do with what we're talking about, either. Pingpong947 (talk) 11:42, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's referencing a female guard routinely 'experiencing' something that nobody enjoys and is indicative of suffering

The spirit of the policy (not explicitly, the letter) supports the most neutral phrasing. An "experience" doesn't necessarily indicate it was tolerated or enjoyed, as you say. WP:WTW is not consistently applied across wikipedia, because it can't. There will always be some editor discretion on the interpretation. You are free to request a revert to my edit. — hako9 (talk) 09:15, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I request that you use "subjected to", which means "suffered", and is the wording used in many of the cited sources for these kinds of allegations. Pingpong947 (talk) 09:00, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Request for pronunciation

In American English the name is wholly ambiguous. I would like to be able to say it outloud. Anyone can help?? 50.39.167.230 (talk) 01:14, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rape

Interestingly no mention of the gang rape in the lede, and the body was written in an unreadable way. Makeandtoss (talk) 12:57, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Riots

I'm working on an article for the riots in support of the abuse at the camp at Draft:Sde Teiman detention camp riots. If anyone is interested, please feel free to help. मल्ल (talk) 16:36, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That reduplicates too much and the material on the riots, if new, should be included here.Nishidani (talk) 12:10, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure if that deserves its own article, I also think it should be included here. Makeandtoss (talk) 12:22, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Typo in the lede

The last sentence in the lede "The leak occurred few weeks after several soldiers suspected of the abuse of a prisoner were detained for questioning, leading to Israeli right-wing protesters and parliamentarians breaking into the camp in protest in late July 2024." should read "The leak occurred a few weeks after..."(note the added "a")ItsRainingCatsAndDogsAndMen (talk) 13:16, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ItsRainingCatsAndDogsAndMen:

Done - Ïvana (talk) 13:20, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Sodomised to death: Stories of torture at Israel's Sde Teiman base emerge

[2] "Sexual assault of female guards by Palestinian inmates is Israel's Metoo scandal". The Jerusalem Post. April 2, 2024.

[3] "Palestinian inmate, ex-officers at Gilboa Prison to be indicted in pimping scandal". The Times of Israel. March 23, 2023.

[4] "Sexual assaults by Arab prisoners against Israeli female soldiers". The Jerusalem Post. July 25, 2022.

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