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  • WATCH: Border Police detain, humiliate Palestinian at checkpoint

    Another day, another case of Israeli soldiers showing the ugly side of the occupation (make that: 'the only side of the occupation'). Here's an incident that happened four years ago and that is now being discussed in the courts. A group of Border Police officers detained a Palestinian man, who appears to be mentally disabled, after he did not bring his ID while trying to cross a checkpoint. The story was reported last week by Channel 2, and I've decided to subtitle the video now. Why is this important, you may ask, if it happened four years ago? Simple: because…

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  • Border policewoman charged over mock execution of teen

    Here is a report that so far didn't get that much traction on Israeli news sites, except for YNET (which didn't bother to report whether the accused deny the charges, but I'll update as soon as I find out.) "The Justice Ministry’s department for the investigation of police officers served an indictment to the Jerusalem District court against two border police  - Yishai Ben Uzri, 30, of Ariel, and Shani Sevilia, 22, in Jerusalem, on charges of aggravated abuse and assault of a Palestinian teenager. According to the indictment… in March last year the 17-year-old in question was detained at…

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