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Sunday, May 4, 2014

Thousands of Israeli soldiers protest ‘their hands are tied’ while serving in the occupied territories

Thousands of Israeli soldiers protest ‘their hands are tied’ while serving in the occupied territories

By Annie Robbins
A video recorded in Hebron (al-Khalīl) last Sunday by Youth Against Settlements (YAS) has set off a firestorm of protest by soldiers in the Israeli military. The video shows a soldier brandishing and aiming a loaded weapon at a boy who was clearly was not a danger to him. In the wake of the Hebron video, soldiers are "demanding that the state of Israel give them the opportunity to appropriately deal with the challenges they encounter in the field."
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