Category: In the Media
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IDF soldier who shot British peace activist to be released from jail
Anshel Pfeffer | Ha’aretz 19 July 2010 A former IDF soldier who was found guilty of manslaughter in the 2003 shooting death of British peace activist Thomas Hurndall in the Gaza Strip will be released early from prison next month. Taysir-al-Heib was sentenced in 2005 to eight years in prison for manslaughter as well as…
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Commander and soldier convicted for shooting of bound Palestinian
Anshel Pfeffer | Ha’aretz 15 July 2010 An Israel Defense Forces court on Thursday convicted a former commander and a soldier involved in shooting a bound Palestinian at close range in the West Bank city of Na’alin two years ago. The affair unfolded after Lt. Col. Omri Burberg was filmed holding the blindfolded and bound…
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East Jerusalem home demolitions continue
Ma’an News Agency 13 July 2010 Israeli bulldozers demolished two homes in the East Jerusalem town of Al-Isawiya on Tuesday morning, saying the buildings were constructed without permits, with a third reported by a Reuters cameraman in Beit Hanina. Witnesses in Al-Isawiya said Israeli forces entered the town early in the morning, blocking off main…