Green-lighting torture in Israel: A tragic, unifying court decision - comment

While torture is generally condemned, it is allowed in Israel in the limited situation of a ticking bomb. So why was it used in this case to solve a crime?

AMIRAM BEN-ULIEL attends a hearing on his appeal, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, earlier this year.

AMIRAM BEN-ULIEL attends a hearing on his appeal, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, earlier this year.

(photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)

ByARI ZIVOTOFSKY

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022 03:12