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17
sentences that state something as happening or true
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24%
4 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Palestinian prisoners have reportedly been placed in solitary confinement after making a cake to celebrate the potential election defeat of Israel’s national security minister.
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prisoners → place → minister
Guards at Lavi prison discovered the makeshift cake after it was fashioned from the inmates’ daily rations to mock Itamar Ben-Gvir, the far right politician claimed.
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politician → discover → Gvir
Prison staff confiscated it from a cell, prompting officials to initiate immediate disciplinary action against all eight individuals involved, according to a report by Israeli daily Israel Hayom.
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staff → confiscate → daily
Ben-Gvir gloated over the punishment when he posted a picture of the cake to social media, ahead of Israel going to the polls in a pivotal vote on Tuesday.
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Israel → gloat → Tuesday
“The terrorists in Lavi prison sat and hoarded from the little food they had,” he wrote on X.
“A spoonful of jam and another spoonful of jam, a slice of bread and another slice of bread, like this for several days, all to prepare an improvised cake and celebrate on Tuesday, in the event that I am not elected.”
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I → sit → event
Praising the Israel Prison Service (IPS) for intercepting the item and isolating the inmates, Ben-Gvir noted: “The excellent IPS commissioner and his men located the cake, and the prisoners were brought to disciplinary trial and transferred to solitary confinement.”
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prisoners → praise → confinement
Framing the incident as a rallying cry for his ultra-nationalist Jewish Power party ahead of the vote, he added: “They had already planned the celebrations, but for us, the celebration is over.
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celebration → frame → us
On Tuesday, it's forbidden to let them celebrate — vote B at the ballot box!”
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them → forbid → box
The episode comes amid a sustained campaign by Ben-Gvir to radically worsen conditions for Palestinian detainees.
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episode → come → detainees
Since entering government he has openly boasted of turning the lives of Palestinian prisoners into “hell,” slashing dietary portions, stripping away basic prisoner amenities and intensifying already-punitive regimes.
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he → enter → regimes
The far right politician also has a history of gloating over the treatment of inmates and Palestinian protesters alike.
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politician → have → inmates
In May he faced widespread international condemnation after posting a video showing him taunting activists from the Freedom Flotilla intercepted by Israel’s navy.
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him → face → navy
And in August he faced backlash after announcing the construction of a gallows site to execute Palestinians sentenced to death, along with its own viewing platform.
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he → face → platform
At present, more than 9,100 Palestinians are being held in Israeli prisons, according to rights group B’Tselem.
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Palestinians → hold → B’Tselem
More than a third of these detainees are held under administrative detention — a procedure that allows imprisonment without charge or trial.
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that → hold → charge
The United Nations has repeatedly raised alarm over the treatment of Palestinian inmates, accusing Israeli authorities of systematic violations including severe food deprivation, physical abuse, torture, medical neglect, and the routine use of solitary confinement.
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Nations → raise → confinement
Israel has consistently denied the mistreatment or abuse of Palestinian detainees.
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Israel → deny → detainees
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