Reading excerpts of the latest report by a UN committee of experts on torture focusing on Israeli practices against Palestinian detainees is nauseating, disturbing and shocking, to say the least. It documents egregious violations of the 1984 UN Convention Against Torture, which Israel has signed, and concludes that Tel Aviv has “a de facto state policy of organized and widespread torture.” The report covers the last two years, since Oct. 7, 2023, and cites disturbing examples of what Palestinian detainees are subjected to in Israeli detention facilities.