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[Erich]

Mal ein ppar Nachrichten aus der Haaretz - quer durch den "Gemüsegarten"
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* Published 23:08 19.08.10
* Latest update 23:08 19.08.10

IDF soldiers arrested over alleged mistreatment of Palestinian detainees
5 Nahal Haredi soldiers suspected of taking their photographs alongside bound detainees, as well as two cases of drug use.

Five Israel Defense Forces soldiers were arrested by military police Thursday, following suspicions of mistreatment of Palestinians detainees, which included taking improper photographs.
The soldiers, members of the Nahal Haredi combat unit, were arrested following information received by their battalion commander, which claimed that two of the five soldiers were involved in drug use, while the rest are suspected of taking photographs of themselves alongside cuffed and blindfolded Palestinian detainees using their cellphones.
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* Published 02:36 20.08.10
* Latest update 02:36 20.08.10
Anshel Pfeffer / It's all too easy for Israeli rights groups to call the IDF's bluff
Forty-three years of ruling another people have produced generations of Israelis incapable of seeing their neighbors as human beings.

This week I published in Haaretz the story of a small group of reserve soldiers who last month, while on active duty in the Jordan Valley, decided to make a small modification to their routine: They replaced the standard collection of curt phrases in basic Arabic - used by generations of IDF soldiers to order Palestinian civilians to stop, open their car door, present documents and identify themselves - with the more pleasant greetings and respectful, traditional blessings of which Arabic is so full.

Upon trying out this new lexicon at the checkpoint where they were stationed, "the transformation was immediate," one of the officers said. "They responded in kind and there was not one moment of tension or disturbance throughout the three weeks we were there."
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* Published 02:36 20.08.10
* Latest update 02:36 20.08.10
Officer held for stealing, selling Gaza flotilla laptops
Second lieutenant arrested along with six other soldiers earlier this week on suspicion of stealing at least six laptop computers from Gaza-bound aid flotilla.
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* Published 02:36 20.08.10
* Latest update 02:36 20.08.10

Out of custody, suspected Jewish terrorist alleges Shin Bet abuses
Pearlman, suspected of stabbing and killing at least three Palestinians over a decade ago, was released to house arrest last week. On Tuesday, he gave a series of press interviews.
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