Prisoners & Detainees
Netanyahu security minister uses prison visits to film Palestinian detainees
Image credit: Shehab Wire (EN)
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Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has transformed routine prison inspections into filmed events, repeatedly entering Palestinian prisoner sections in Israeli detention facilities with cameras in tow, Shehab Wire reported. The practice has become standard protocol during his visits rather than an occasional occurrence.
Ben Gvir's documented prison entries appear calculated to create visual records of Palestinian detainees in custody. The security minister's repeated camera-accompanied visits to prisoner sections mark a shift from traditional inspection tours, establishing a pattern of documented encounters within Israeli jails that hold Palestinians.
