Afrasianet - Abd El, Hamid Siam - On August 12, the US Department of State released its annual report on human rights violations around the world for 2024, which covers 200 countries, territories and territories.

The State Department began preparing these reports since the days of former President Jimmy Carter in the late 1970s, as the man was interested in this topic and followed it after leaving the White House, where he established the "Carter Institute" in the city of Atlanta, Georgia, which devoted a major part of its activity to the issue of human rights human beings and the spread of a culture of peace and democracy.

The annual report monitors and analyzes the human rights situation in all countries that receive American aid and all UN member states. It goes without saying that the United States values human rights, as if the human rights situation in the United States has reached a perfect level, where no lions are oppressed, no migrants are expelled, no prisoner is tortured, especially in its five-star detention center called "Guantánamo", and there is no discrimination against Muslims, Jews, Buddhists or Hindus, especially immigrants.

Children are not separated from their families and placed in detention centers at the border to be deported, police are not subjected to student demonstrations at U.S. universities, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has not raided and arrested students, professors, and researchers from their homes.

Anyone who reviews the first report of Donald Trump's second term is dizzy and disgusted by the brazenness of the report's authors, who distort all the concepts of human rights for one reason: to exonerate Israel, to beautify its ugly face and to justify its innumerable crimes, especially war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of genocide that has been committed since About two years in the Gaza Strip.

A report whitens Israel's face, confirming that Israel has banned hate speech and content that may incite violence, terrorism, or discrimination on the basis of race, origin, religion, nationality or gender.

Radical changes in this report

This year's report had a different structure from previous human rights reports, but the State Department did not note that this year's report was fundamentally different from previous human rights reports, but only noted that quantitative analysis of human rights practices was not the focus of this year's reports.

The report also added new assessment categories for human rights monitoring topics, including the right to life, "liberty" and "security of person", and eliminated other categories – such as freedom of expression, gender-based violence, violence against LGBTI people, and environmental justice. According to an internal State Department memo, the cuts were an attempt to make the reports "easier to read."

Curiously, the reports of the Trump administration's important allies and partners were much shorter than in previous years. For example, the 2024 state report on El Salvador stated that "there were no credible reports of serious human rights violations," a clear departure from the 2023 state report that stated "gross human rights violations" and life-threatening prison conditions. In the state's report on Israel, the State Department did not mention the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza, which makes you feel that those who edited the report are residents of the Comoros and have nothing to do with the land. "

The (Israeli) government has taken several credible steps to identify officials who have committed human rights abuses, with multiple trials still pending by the end of the year," the report says. Under the category of extrajudicial killings, the report says: "According to the Palestinian Authority and NGOs, at least 43 Palestinians died in Israeli prisons during the year."

The source is from the Palestinian Authority and non-governmental organizations. American sources are always absent when it comes to Israel.

The report used the word 'dead' instead of 'killed'. Under the heading, "War crimes, crimes against humanity, and evidence of acts that may constitute genocide, or conflict-related violations," she believes the report will refer to the Gaza massacres. Read what the report says about this item: "

The terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah continue to indiscriminately target Israeli civilians, in violation of the law of armed conflict." Is there anything more reckless and crazy about the facts than this? Genocide and major crimes are committed only against Israelis. Regarding freedom of the press, the report notes that the law in Israel generally provides for freedom of expression, including freedom of the press and other media, and the government has respected this right for most Israelis.

NGOs and journalists reported that the authorities restricted press coverage and restricted certain forms of expression, particularly in the context of criticizing the war or sympathizing with Palestinians in Gaza.

The Israel Journalists' Syndicate received reports of five arrests of journalists and 13 physical assaults by security forces against them during the year.

The report does not specify the type of physical assaults, whether they are murder, beatings, or violence. As for the murder of about 200 journalists until the end of 2024, this is not mentioned in the report.

The report continues to whitewash Israel's face, confirming that Israel has banned hate speech and content that may incite violence, terrorism, or discrimination on the basis of race, origin, religion, nationality, or gender.

The Israeli government has regularly enacted orders prohibiting the publication of sensitive security information and information related to ongoing investigations.

The law gave authorities the power to restrict certain forms of freedom of expression in cases of expression defined as incitement to violence or hate speech.

At times, Israel has ordered the closure of Palestinian radio stations in the West Bank, on charges of "inciting conduct that may harm public safety or public order," including supporting terrorism.

As for torture and cruel punishment, these are only about Israeli hostages. He points out that some of the hostages who returned from Hamas captivity were subjected to sexual assaults, or witnessed sexual assaults on other hostages.

The hostages recounted being deprived of food, water, and adequate medical care, and suffered other forms of physical and psychological abuse.

The government acknowledged that the Shin Bet and police used violent interrogation methods that it described as "exceptional measures," but the Justice Ministry did not provide information on the frequency of interrogations or the specific interrogation methods used. As for children's rights, such as their rights to life, education, health, housing and welfare, all of this is absent from the report.

The report addressed only two issues that Israel commends: child labour and child marriage.

The report noted that the absence of forms of child labour is worth mentioning. As for child marriage, the law sets the minimum age of marriage at 18, with some exceptions.

This is a report that you swear was drafted in the office of Netanyahu and his allies in the White House, so do we expect justice from such a state that distorts all the principles and rules of human rights that people agree upon?