UN expert highlights global inaction enabling systemic Palestinian torture by Israeli state apparatus
Original framing: “UN expert says world has given Israel ‘licence to torture Palestinians’” — Al Jazeera
The current situation echoes historical patterns of settler-colonialism, including the displacement of Indigenous peoples and the use of torture as a tool of control. Similar tactics were used in South Africa's apartheid regime and in the U.S. during the Indian Removal Act.
The UN expert's statement is not just a condemnation of Israeli policy but a call to confront the global structures that enable it.
The historical parallels with apartheid and colonialism, combined with the role of Western military and economic support, reveal a pattern of complicity. Indigenous and marginalized voices offer alternative frameworks rooted in resistance and self-determination. A systemic solution requires international legal enforcement, economic pressure, and grassroots solidarity to dismantle the occupation and promote justice.