ISRAEL

Canada: Israeli troops mark Palestinians with numbers
NABLUS, West Bank (AP) - Israeli soldiers have written numbers in ink
on the hands of hundreds of Palestinians waiting at a crowded West Bank
military checkpoint, several of the people marked said Monday. The army
confirmed the incident but said it was done by a lone soldier who acted
on his own and would face a disciplinary hearing. Palestinians with
three-digit numbers scribbled on their palms said they told the
soldiers they considered the practice degrading, but they were given a choice to
either turn back or submit to the marking. A similar incident happened
in March 2001 when soldiers marked numbers on the foreheads and forearms
of Palestinian detainees awaiting interrogation during an army sweep of a
West Bank refugee camp.

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