Palestinians Teen Tortured by Israeli Troops

clipped from www.islamonline.net A library photo of Israeli soldiers arresting a panicked Palestinian teen. Mahmmoud Radi Erakat, 16, who is being held in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc west of Bethlehem, denounced the alleged abuse in a sworn affidavit taken by a Palestinian lawyer who visited him Tuesday, said the Prisoners' Club. He said he had also been burned with cigarettes, severely beaten and deprived of food and drink for 24 hours, as well as being kept awake and not allowed to go to the toilet. Israeli soldiers detain one of the four Palestinian policemen. (Reuters) The unarmed uniformed police were directing traffic in the Bab Al-Zawiya district when the soldiers arrived, beat them and took them away in military vehicles. The paramilitary border police officers were convicted of pummeling the Palestinians with fists and batons and forced one of them to kiss an officer's shoes, Reuters news agency reported.