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An Israeli soldier who assaulted a Palestinian activist during an interview with an American journalist has been jailed, the Israeli military said.

JERUSALEM: Israel’s military on Monday jailed for 10 days a soldier who assaulted a Palestinian activist as he was speaking to a US journalist, but gave an account of the incident that was disputed by the interviewer. The incident in Hebron also set off an internal Israeli flap, with National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir — one of several hundred hard-line Jewish settlers

A US journalist filmed the soldier throwing Palestinian Issa Amro to the ground and kicking him.

The soldier was sentenced to ten days in prison. At the end of the ten days, a decision will be made concerning the continuation of his service in the IDF.

New Yorker journalist who posted incriminating video criticised for empathising with soldiers

Israel's military on Monday jailed for 10 days a soldier who assaulted a Palestinian activist as he was speaking to a U.S. journalist, but gave an account of the incident that was disputed by the interviewer. In a video posted on Twitter by Lawrence Wright of The New Yorker magazine, the soldier grabs Issa Amro by his jacket and neck and throws him to the ground.

The assault took place while Pulitzer Prize-winning Lawrence Wright was interviewing human rights activist Issa Amro

The San Marcos-based Texas and Western Literature Book Club winds up its Lone Star reading with a book about a slave community.

Palestinian peace activist Issa Amro was thrown to the ground and violently beaten up while being interviewed by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright

The risk of running for re-election at the age of 80 can’t be ignored.