When Israel re-arrested Palestinian men in the occupied West Bank town of Dura, the detainees faced familiar treatment.

They were blindfolded, handcuffed, insulted and kept in inhumane conditions. More unusual was that each man had a number written on his forehead.

Osama Shaheen, who was released in August after 10 months of administrative detention, told Middle East Eye that soldiers brutally stormed his house, smashing his furniture.

“The soldiers turned us from names into numbers, and every detainee had a number that they used to provoke him during his arrest and call him by number instead of name. To them, we are just numbers.”

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    … branding detainees with numbers, check… now, what’s next on Hitler’s to do list?

    —Bibi, apparently

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      It’s not a brand. It’s a mark with a marker. And I think even Bibi and his legions of assholes might be sensitive about tattoos and actual brands.

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        wow what a distinction.

        first of all Bibi is a Hitler apologist. the only thing he’s sensitive about is the existence of brown people.

        second of all it’s the same exact shit. the point isn’t the method, it’s the dehumanization.