We do not believe in the theories of the “world Zionist conspiracy”, and “total Jewish global control”. The opposition within the Jewish communities against the growing “totalitarisation” of their leaders’ mentality is not so visual, but it presents. On the other hand, Jews and the “Jewish state” (it is more correct to call it anti-Jewish) are not in total control over the world, even not in total control over the single countries, they just have a considerable influence. They can think that they are controlling the world, but it is a mistake… The present political system of Israel and its involvement in the most deadly global political effects is just one of a number of evil forces, which stay behind the present dehumanization and deliberalization of the today’s World. But it plays such a huge role in it that process that every pro-democratic activist has to understand it.

In the same time such participation in the anti - human rights and anti-democratic processes could not be possible if the state of Israel wasn’t one of the most brutal inhuman regimes in the world. During the last 15 years this regime became even more oppressive then it was before. The most evil among the last Prime ministers was without any doubt Izhak Shamir, an extremely vicious in both personal and political means man. Rabin’s epoch tried to regain some democracy, on the other hand in general he was from the same type of people as Shamir. But even he was too “democratic” for the mighty fascist movement in Israel, and was assassinated. 

Below we want to put a retrospective view on what happened during the last years in Israel (from 1990 and a little bit before). We want to show our readers how Israel – the state, which wasn’t like the western democraties but in the same time not like Uganda or Somali, in few years became the same oppressive as Dominican Republic, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia and other south-Asian regimes. 

The opinion that wide human rights violations in Israel are relating to the state-of-war situation, and that they affect only Palestinians, is wrong. If you've been in Israel as a tourist you might be disoriented by the presence of troops and armed people as well as by strict security measures. But if you were living in Israel during several years, you had to understand that from the middle of 1980-s there is actually no state of war in Israel. This country is one of the most secure in the World. You can become rather a victim of criminals, hostile-oriented Israelis or ultra religious extremists then a victim of "Arab terrorism". On the other hand, the truth about the treatment of Palestinians came out only because behind them stood Arabic states, including oil producing countries with their money. Non-Jews with Israeli passports, Christians, minorities like Georgians, Armenians, Jews from the former Soviet Union, from Ethiopia and Yemen are also persecuted, tortured and killed, but they have no powerful backup as Palestinians. Nobody stands up for them, and the Gebbels-style Israeli propaganda, their volunteers in all over the world suppresses any information about persecutions of those groups in Israel anywhere, even in Russia's media. Our whole web site is the proof that the Israeli regime is oppressive in itself, not only against Arabs...

159. The Committee considered the initial report of Israel (CAT/C/16/Add.4) at its 183rd and 184th meetings on 25 April 1994 (CAT/C/SR.183 and 184), and has adopted the following conclusions and recommendations:

160. Israel ratified the Convention on 3 October 1991 and made reservations on articles 20 and 30. It also did not make the declarations to accept the provisions of articles 21 and 22 of the Convention.

161. The initial report was filed in a timely fashion and was well supported by the oral presentation of the delegation, which was both focused and informative.

162. The Committee notes the way in which public debate is allowed in Israel on such sensitive matters as ill-treatment of detainees, both in Israel and the occupied territories.

163. The Committee is pleased to acknowledge the way in which the Israeli Medical Association reacted to prevent its members from participating in ill-treatment of detainees by filling in the "medical fitness forms".

164. The Committee is pleased to note that the General Security Service and police are no longer responsible for reviewing complaints of ill-treatment of detainees by their own members, and that such function is now the responsibility of a special unit of the Ministry of Justice. The Committee is also pleased to note that Israel has prosecuted interrogators who have breached domestic standards of conduct and has disciplined others.

165. There is real concern that no legal steps have been taken to implement domestically the Convention against Torture. Thus, the Convention does not form part of the domestic law of Israel and its provisions cannot be invoked in Israeli courts.

166. The Committee regrets the clear failure to implement the definition of torture as contained in article 1 of the Convention.

167. It is a matter of deep concern that Israeli law pertaining to the defences of "superior orders" and "necessity" are in clear breach of that country's obligations under article 2 of the Convention.

168. The Landau Commission Report, permitting as it does "moderate physical pressure" as a lawful mode of interrogation, is completely unacceptable to this Committee:

(a) As for the most part creating conditions leading to the risk of torture or cruel, or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;

(b) By retaining in secret the crucial standards of interrogation to be applied in any case, such secrecy being a further condition leading inevitably to some cases of ill-treatment contrary to the Convention against Torture.

169. The Committee is greatly concerned at the large number of heavily documented cases of ill-treatment in custody that appear to amount to breaches of the Convention, including several cases resulting in death that have been drawn to the attention of the Committee and the world by such reputable non-governmental organizations as Amnesty International, Al Haq (the local branch of the International Commission of Jurists) and others.

170. The Committee recommends:
(a) That all the provisions of the Convention against Torture be incorporated by statute into the domestic law of Israel;

(b) That interrogation procedures be published in full so that they are both transparent and seen to be consistent with the standards of the Convention;

(c) That a vigorous programme of education and re-education of the General Security Service, the Israel Defence Forces, police and medical profession be undertaken to acquaint them with their obligations under the Convention;

(d) That an immediate end be put to current interrogation practices that are in breach of Israel's obligations under the Convention;

(e) That all victims of such practices should be granted access to appropriate rehabilitation and compensation measures.

171. Finally, the Committee expresses its wish to cooperate with Israel and it is sure that its recommendations will be properly taken into consideration.

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