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Friday, June 26, 2009

israelis arrest young shepherds

Ma'an
The Christian Peacemaker Teams in the south Hebron hills reported the arrest of two children by Israeli forces and the youngsters grazed their family sheep Thursday morning.... “The police refused to provide a reason for the detention of the young boys.”

The young shepherds were held for five hours and released... The father of one of the boys was quoted by CPT as saying “they weren’t doing anything, they graze their sheep there every day.” Full story
at 6/26/2009 06:05:00 AM