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November 23, 2010

Israeli 'Human Shield' Soldiers Get Suspended Sentence
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An Israeli court has handed down suspended jail sentences to two
soldiers who forced a nine-year-old Palestinian boy to search for
suspected booby-traps on their behalf during the israeli assault on
Gaza. The ruling meant that the troops would go free but be subject to a
minimum three-month stint in the military stockade should they commit
another crime. The Palestinian boy, Majid Rabah, said he was
disappointed by the sentence.

Majid Rabah: "It is an unfair ruling... If an Israeli child was exposed
to the same thing the whole world would have turned against us but when
it was against a Palestinian child nothing happens."



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