Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir on Sunday posted an AI-generated video depicting the starvation of Palestinian prisoners as he continues to boast of his efforts to impose harsher conditions on Palestinians held in Israeli jails.
The post, which Ben Gvir later deleted, showed what appeared to be overweight Palestinian detainees being brought into a prison camp on a conveyor belt operated by Ben Gvir and coming out the other side much thinner and distressed. “We promised – we delivered,” the post read.
Far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has shared a disturbing concentration camp video depicting Palestinians being placed into a machine on a conveyor belt, entering overweight and emerging thin, distressed and crying.
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The Israeli minister has previously said that he would work to “ensure that the ‘terrorists’ receive the minimum of the minimum (in food),” and Palestinians released from Israeli jails in recent years have shown signs of severe malnourishment and torture.
Also on Sunday, Ben Gvir posted real footage showing himself berating female Palestinian prisoners who were complaining of the harsh conditions. “This is our third day without showering. We are not receiving medical treatment, and our clothes are not clean,” one of the women said.
Ben Gvir replied, “The good conditions in the prisons are over. This is the current situation, and I am directly responsible for everything. I am pleased with these conditions.”
The Committee Against Torture, a body that monitors the implementation of the UN Convention Against Torture, described the video as “political exploitation of a helpless population for direct electoral gain” and said it caused “grave harm” to the dignity and privacy of the prisoners, who are held in “conditions of abuse and torture.”
As Israel’s October elections are approaching, Ben Gvir has been ramping up his rhetoric, recently saying that Israel should be killing 30 to 40 Palestinians in Gaza per day.
