Reuters, 25/05 15:33 CET
By Luke Baker
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – B’Tselem,
one of Israel’s leading human rights groups, said on Wednesday it would
no longer refer complaints of abuse carried out by Israeli soldiers to
Israeli military courts because the system was biased and set up to
whitewash cases.
The group, which has monitored Israel’s occupation of the
West Bank and incidents of violence and abuse by soldiers against
Palestinians for 25 years, said the military’s legal system was too
narrowly defined and served to protect its own.
“B’Tselem will no longer play a part in the pretense
posed by the military law enforcement system and will no longer refer
complaints to it,” it said in an 80-page report.
“The experience we have gained… has brought us to the
realisation that there is no longer any point in pursuing justice and
defending human rights by working with a system whose real function is
measured by its ability to continue to cover up unlawful acts and
protect perpetrators.”
The Israel Defense Forces said the picture presented by B’Tselem was inaccurate and did not reflect reality.
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Source: euronews.
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