Fwd: Honorable Ron Dermer: Please Act To Release Tortured Jewish Boys in Israel

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Date: Sun, Apr 8, 2018, 3:46 AM
Subject: Honorable Ron Dermer: Please Act To Release Tortured Jewish Boys in Israel
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Honorable Mr. Ron Dermer, Israel Ambassador to the United States;

I am a dual U.S. - Israeli citizen currently living in New York. I am a journalist, and a graduate of Bar-Ilan University.  

I am writing to you regarding the torture and prolonged imprisonment of two Jewish boys. At the time of their imprisonment, Elisha O. was 16 years old and Amiram ben Uliel was 18.  

The details of their torture, approved and sanctioned by Prime Minister of Israel Binyanim Netanyahu, former Attorney General Yehuda Weinsten, and former head of the Shabak Yoram Cohen, is documented in an article which recently appeared in both Hebrew and English translation on the Arutz Sheva website (see below). The purpose of the torture was to force a confession for the crime of arson in the Arab village of Duma. To this day, there is no evidence that either Elisha O. or Amiram ben Uliel have any connection to this crime, other than the forced confessions. Nor is there any evidence that they were "terrorists" or "ticking bombs". 

As the author of "The Case for Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror," you surely champion the basic principles of a democratic state which adheres to the Geneva Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.

Your mission as Israel's ambassador to the U.S., is to counter the false and rampant anti-Israel portrayals of Israel as a militant and oppressive regime and portray Israel as the only democracy in the Middle East which is a beacon of light, a civilized state adhering to basic conventions of humaneness and justice.   

As such, it is my hope that you will champion to basic human rights of these two citizens of Israel (Elisha is a dual American-Israeli citizen)  and appeal to the government and judicial system of Israel to free these two boys and pay them reparations for the unimaginable injustice done to them.  Even if they are freed immediately, they will probably never recuperate from the inhumane and prolonged trauma they suffered. 

There is no reason for the nations of the world to read about this reprehensible, horrific treatment of Jews in Israel and say with a smirk, that Jews treat other Jews just as their worst enemies do.   

To read articles: 

Hebrew: עינוי ילד יהודי  https://www.inn.co.il/Articles/Article.aspx/17300 

English  The Torture of a Jewish Child  https://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/21944

Sincerely,

Chava Shulman 

New York 

CC: Binyamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel

Ayelet Shaked: Minister of Justice 

Honorable Knesset Members