Reply #80: What does the Nablusi case prove?

[Jack Rabbit]

This is not a parlor game either to Israelis riding busses or to Palestinians detained by Shin Bet. If the Israelis are to be protected, it will require effective means to do so. That should be especially true when resorting to methods the fly in the face modern standards of civilized behavior. Torture flies in the face or civilized standards of behavior and is not effective.

This article does nothing to support your thesis. First of all, as you point out, it doesn't say that Mr. Nablusi was tortured. Second, it indicates that he wasn't. According to the piece, Nablusi led security forces to accomplices "immediately on arrest." Thus, it seems he was cooperating from the start and no need to resort to more desperate methods.

This case is entirely irrelevant to this discussion.

Sorry, ma'am. You've served up another jar of red herring and you'll have to eat by yourself. I'll have none of it.

Bon appetite.