Palestinian in leaked Sde Teiman photo speaks out

“There’s sexual punishment, greater punishments, greater beatings.”

Ibrahim Salem, the man in the famous photo standing by the barbed wire fence of the Israeli Sde Teiman detention camp with his arms behind his head, was released last week after nearly eight months in detention.

Salem was one of thousands of Palestinian prisoners held without charge at the notorious army base, where torture was routine. He told Middle East Eye that the photo, first published by CNN, was just the tip of the iceberg of his horrific experience in detention, which included rape, electrocution and frequent beatings.

This is Salem’s account of what he endured during his time in Israeli prisons.

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