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September 11, 2014

Israeli Officer Charged for Beating of U.S. Teen 
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An Israeli police officer meanwhile has been charged with the beating of
a Palestinian-American teenager that was caught on tape. Tariq Abu
Khdeir was watching demonstrations in East Jerusalem when he was seized.
The video shows him lying on the ground as the officers repeatedly beat
him with batons. He was left with facial bruises and severely swollen
eyes and lips. Tariq was a cousin of Mohammed Abu Khdeir, the
Palestinian teen burned alive in a revenge attack for the killings of
the three Israelis in the West Bank.

 

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