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del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 14:37 30/12/2007 Cop gets community service for shooting Kafr Qasem resident By Ofra Edelman and Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondents Tags: Border Patrol, Kafr Qasem  A Tel Aviv Court on Sunday sentenced a Border Policeman who shot and paralyzed a Kafr Qasem resident to six months of community service and a one-year suspended prison term. In 2003, Haim Castro shot Salah Amar from a distance of a half a meter, claiming that his life was in danger and he acted in self defense. The court dismissed this claim and ruled there was no threat to Castro's life. Since the shooting, Amar has been listed as 100 percent disabled. Advertisement Although 20 Israeli citizens have been killed by security forces since the outbreak of the Second Intifada in September 2000, Castro is the first person to be convicted of shooting an Israeli citizen. Castro was serving at the time as a driver in a Border Police jeep in Kafr Qasem. During a patrol of the city in 2003, members of Castro's unit became involved in a scuffle with local residents. The policemen arrested one of the residents, and when his father, Salah, tried to pull the suspect from the jeep, Castro shot him in his lower body, paralyzing him. Presiding Judge Khaled Kabub stated that "law enforcement officers, including Border Policemen, must practice restraint when they come into contact with the civilian population." Kabub added that Castro's case illustrates the need for stiffer penalties in instances where civilians are wrongfully harmed by security personnel. Related articles: PA premier Fayyad says suspects in killings of 2 Israelis caught by PA Israeli Arabs demonstrate in Umm al-Fahm to mark October 2000 riots Bookmark to del.icio.us Santa's helpers Foreign workers hope for citizenship for Christmas. He's ba-ack In a new audio tape Bin Laden vows to free Palestine.   1.   distinction to be made 11:49  |  realism 30/12/07   2.   Appropriate penalty?? Who am I to judge 11:52  |  Meir Gush Etzion 30/12/07   3.   AND THERE SHALL BE ONE LAW FOR JEWS AND ANOTHER FOR ARABS 13:40  |  Yaakov Sullivan 30/12/07   4.   Israeli Justice 13:48  |  Palestinian 30/12/07   5.   Jewish and democratic and a state for all its citizens 14:20  |  Yaakov Sullivan 30/12/07   6.   Now Israelis,Try ro Figures Out... 14:27  |  Abe 30/12/07   7.   Judge was Israeli Arab 14:38  |  Nik "Banned" Miller 30/12/07   8.   This is not Justice. The victim will probably seek justice still. 15:25  |  POP 30/12/07   9.   The Arab Israeli judge said 15:36  |  Fred Locke 30/12/07

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