i don't exactly want to criticize israel for torturing palestinian terrorists. these are not good people, and they don't treat israelis very well in the reverse context. i think the situation should be seen more as a police operation than a war, but bad things happen in wars, and israel intends to win the ones it participates in. 

it's the latter point i'm more concerned about.

israel should realize that it is not helping itself by engaging in torture, that it is counterproductive, and that it won't help to deradicalize the terrorists, which is ultimately their actual goal. as the more civilized entity, it needs to take the higher ground and stop doing this.

those who are guilty of torture should be charged under israeli law and incarcerated as the law allows for. israel is a country governed by the rule of law. that needs to be asserted.

i would like to congratulate them on taking out that motherfucker haniyeh, though. apparently, they did it via a rocket strike directly into iran. i wish america would remove it's enemies with a comparable level of competency.