Trophy Photos Betray Israeli Police Abuse.

JERUSALEM, Sept. 18 – After they had finished pummeling their three Palestinian detainees, finished smashing them with their fists, elbows and boots, slamming their heads against a stone wall, forcing them to swallow their own blood and cursing their mothers and sisters, the young Israeli policemen did an unusual thing: Using a disposable camera, they took photographs of themselves with their victims, holding their heads by the hair like hunting trophies.

The three Palestinian detainees apparently did nothing to provoke this attack except to present their identity ards at a border checkpoint. The israeli border police apologize for the incident and underscore its rarity. Human rights workers beg to differ. But all in all, after an initial outcry there’s been remarkably little discussion or indignation in Israel about such brutalization. Washington Post