2 police convicted in death of Palestinian teen

[Scurrilous]

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"Two Israeli border policemen have been convicted of manslaughter after they kidnapped a Palestinian teenager and threw him from a moving jeep during a 2002 rampage through the West Bank city of Hebron.

The men face up to 20 years in prison, the Justice Ministry said.

According to prosecutors, Shachar Botbeka, Denis Alhazov and two other officers spent their last day of service in Hebron throwing tear gas and stun grenades, and abducting Palestinians off the street.

In all, they seized four Palestinians, hustled them into a jeep and beat them with truncheons and rifles, prosecutors said. Two of the Palestinians were hurled from the vehicle as it moved at a high speed. One of them, 17-year-old Amran Abu Hamadiya, struck his head on the road and died, court documents said.

Abu Hamadiya was tossed out of the jeep after he resisted his tormentors' order to jump, the two policemen have acknowledged."

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[delad]

1. Is this an act of terrorism?

I'd like to know if people consider these acts acts of terrorism. If so, why? If not, why not?

[subsuelo]

3. of course, there are terrorists on both sides

[LeftishBrit]

2. How disgusting

I hope they get very long sentences. Sounds like murder not manslaughter, at least in the case of the man thrown from the jeep.