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Israeli Officer In Prisoner Abuse Video Quits Post
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Washington Times
by Steve Weizman - August 8, 2008 - 3:37pm

JERUSALEM (AP) - An officer filmed ordering a soldier to abuse a bound and blindfolded Palestinian prisoner was indicted Thursday and has resigned his command of an army battalion but will continue to serve elsewhere, the Israeli military said. Lt.Col. Omri Borberg and the soldier were charged in a military court with "unworthy conduct," the military said in a statement.

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Israel Soldiers Indicted Over Treatment Of Palestinian Protester
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Los Angeles Times
by Richard Bourdreaux - August 8, 2008 - 3:36pm

JERUSALEM -- An Israeli battalion commander and a staff sergeant caught on film allegedly abusing a handcuffed, blindfolded Palestinian detainee were indicted by a military court Thursday on the charge of "unworthy conduct." The July 7 incident, in which the sergeant fired a rubber-coated bullet at point-blank range, bruising the detainee's toe, embarrassed the army and focused renewed attention on its role in policing unruly demonstrations in the West Bank.

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The two IDF soldiers who were caught on video abusing a Palestinian detainee have been indicted and the commanding officer has resigned his post (1) (2), though the leniency of reassignment has prompted outrage among human rights organizations. (5). A Gaza-based militant group warns that the truce which has been tenuously holding between Gaza and Israel for the past month is in danger of collapsing (7). Israel approves the construction of 447 new homes in the settlements around Jerusalem (8) (12).

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