Border Policemen filmed beating Palestinian youth to face probe - Haaretz

Last update - 22:59 22/03/2007

Border Policemen filmed beating Palestinian youth to face probe

By Haaretz Staff

The Police Investigations Department at the Justice Ministry (PID) is investigating an incident documented on film in which Border Policemen beat a Palestinian youth in the village of Hawara, south of the West Bank city of Nablus.

The video, aired Thursday on the Ynet Web site, shows only part of the incident, in which two Border Policemen are seen assaulting the boy with kicks and punches. There is no indication that the youth had provoked the assualt in any way.

The youth, Hindawi Kawarik, said on Wednesday that the policemen detained him as he was leaving school on suspicion of hurling rocks. According to the youth, the officers beat him with their rifles and abused him, threw him to the floor and kept beating him.

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Another policeman who was at the scene tried to persuade his comrades to stop, but to no avail.

The teenager said also that one of the officers tore some of the schoolbooks he was carrying in his bag.

PID said that the Border Policemen would be called in for questioning in the coming days.

Border Police chief, Major General Hussein Fares, said he considers the policemen's actions to be very serious.

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1.	Olmert tought them	22:57	\|	david	22/03/07

2.	The Surgeon General says: Terrorism is bad for your health	22:59	\|	SG	22/03/07

3.	beatings??what beatings??	23:09	\|	Mark	22/03/07

4.	Beating	23:54	\|	Gina	22/03/07

5.	Occupation corrupts	00:02	\|	Rachel	23/03/07

6.	We may not be perfect, but we are a light upon	00:07	\|	Jew	23/03/07

7.	beating	00:54	\|	Chris	23/03/07

8.	State Terrorism is bad for your health, too	00:55	\|	tt	23/03/07

9.	almost	01:04	\|	wh	23/03/07

10.	You didnt know? Dont worry, we are used to this treatment	01:05	\|	Jiries	23/03/07

11.	EVERY society has its bad apples Mark	01:18	\|	GZLives	23/03/07

12.	Big Brave Border Policemen Who have	01:25	\|	Labhras	23/03/07

13.	Routine practice	01:40	\|	Wael Hendawi	23/03/07

14.	#4 Jew	02:00	\|	Labhras	23/03/07

15.	re #4 `We not be perfect, but...`	02:05	\|	Colin Wright	23/03/07

16.	The solution	02:16	\|	Colin Wright	23/03/07

17.	Where can this video be downloaded?	02:37	\|	Timothy	23/03/07

18.	This goes on every day	03:27	\|	Bobby	23/03/07

19.	Isolated incident - Israel`s a great country	03:27	\|	Daniel Friedman	23/03/07

20.	You wanna throw rocks now?	03:31	\|	Efox	23/03/07

21.	re:Timothy	03:33	\|	Efox	23/03/07

22.	Fake video but better than beheadings videos	03:39	\|	Chanan	23/03/07

23.	Naah, it is a provocation by the Mosad	03:59	\|	Clickfool	23/03/07

24.	timothy	04:14	\|	ali	23/03/07

25.	Border Police beat palestinian youth - on video	04:35	\|	Sharonelle	23/03/07

26.	this happens every day in check points	05:12	\|	juan solanet	23/03/07

27.	#19 Great country?	05:18	\|	jake	23/03/07

28.	this happens every day at checkpoints	05:59	\|	Sharonell	23/03/07

29.	Abuse of power amongst Police happens ALL over the world.	06:33	\|	Michael	23/03/07

30.	No video on the 2yr old Arab boy killed by Arabs in Gaza	12:23	\|	Chanan	23/03/07

31.	Suspension of Police-beaters	14:18	\|	Sam	23/03/07

32.	#29 Absolutely correct	17:55	\|	T A Sheppard	23/03/07

33.	To Channan	05:47	\|	Gordon	24/03/07

34.	re: Gordon	20:19	\|	Efox	25/03/07