{"id":232694,"date":"2026-06-12T16:56:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T16:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=232694"},"modified":"2026-06-12T16:56:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T16:56:29","slug":"designed-to-break-you-gaza-flotilla-activists-faced-violence-sexual-abuse-in-israeli-detention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=232694","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Designed to Break You&#8221;: Gaza Flotilla Activists Faced Violence, Sexual Abuse in Israeli Detention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI could hear screaming the whole time.\u201d Our guests Alex Colston and Haitham Arafat spent days in Israeli custody after being abducted from a humanitarian mission sailing to Gaza. 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