The New York Times · 1 May 1995

CP-1995-006

Doctor Says Snapping of Head Killed Palestinian Held in Israel

Joel Greenberg

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Transcribed from the clipping

“Accounts by former prisoners and court testimony by Shin Bet agents indicate that Palestinians under interrogation have been violently shaken, shackled in painful positions with foul-smelling sacks on their heads and deprived of sleep.”

Context added by this archive

Abd al-Samed Hreizat, 30, of Hebron, died in Israeli custody; a pathologist’s affidavit says his head was snapped. The corroboration the Times cites is not a human rights report but the Shin Bet’s own testimony in court.

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"Doctor Says Snapping of Head Killed Palestinian Held in Israel," The New York Times, 1 May 1995. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1995-006. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1995-006

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