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Two Israeli soldiers will face charges in a court that they used a young Palestinian boy as a human shield during the country's three-week bombardment of Gaza in 2008-2009.
On 19 February, 2010, Israeli settlers, soldiers and police detained for two hours a 14-year-old boy from the Palestinian village of Saadet Tha'lah, located near the Israeli settlement of Karmel in the South Hebron Hills.
An Israeli court will soon decide on the demolition order of Khan Al Ahmar, a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank - so that Israeli homes can be built in its place. Regavim, A right wing Israeli settler group, is lobbying for the move, which would make about about 100 families homeless.
The Institute for Middle East Understanding offers journalists and editors quick access to information about Palestine and the Palestinians, as well as expert sources — both in the U.S. and in the Middle East. Read our Background Briefings. Contact us for story assistance. Sign up for e-briefings.
On civil disobedience
Gaza families demand answers
Goldstone and the 'peace process'
