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Thursday July 16, 2009 17:17
by Maureen Jack - Reprinted from the Christian Peacemaker Team - 1 of International Middle East Media Center Editorial Group 
Youth remains committed to nonviolence.
At 4:30 pm on Monday 13 July 2009, two Israeli soldiers attacked a sixteen-year-old Palestinian boy 150 yards from his home in the Tel Rumeida area of Hebron.
Palestinian boy is searched by Israeli soldiers - Photo by Christian Peacemaker Team
The attack happened as he was walking to his home carrying heavy electrical cables necessary for repair work on his family's house. Two workers accompanying him left to raise the alarm.
The teenager reported that one particular soldier has often held him for ID checks lasting at least one hour. This soldier and another took his ID and told him to sit on the ground. Initially they made inappropriate sexual comments about the boy and his mother. They then assaulted him, kicking his leg, and hitting him on the neck and back both with their hands and with their rifle butts. He tried to telephone his father but a soldier grabbed the phone from him and hit him with it after removing the battery and SIM card.
When the boy's mother and cousin arrived, he tried to tell them what had happened. Soldiers told him, "Shut up or I will f*** you," and threatened to rape the women.The soldiers then took the youth behind the family's house, where some Israeli settlers were present. The soldiers cuffed his hands behind his back, blindfolded him, and again forced him to sit. One or more people kicked and hit him again, but because of the blindfold, he could not see whether his attackers were soldiers or settlers.
At this point, his father and friends arrived with video cameras and filmed what was happening. Hearing raised voices, an Israeli army officer arrived. The officer observed that Palestinians were filming the incident, removed the blindfold and handcuffs, and released the boy. However, he gripped him by the jaw and warned
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