Palestinians: IDF officer beat activist with M-16 rifle
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Palestinians and leftist activists are claiming that a high-ranking IDF officer beat a foreign activist with his weapon in an incident documented in a youtube video. According to the activists, the event took place on Saturday when a group of Palestinians and left-wing activists were riding bicycles together in the Jordan Valley.
They claimed that the IDF had prevented them from traveling on Route 90 and that the ride was in protest of the ban. The IDF Spokesperson's Unit described the incident as "serious" and noted that a full and thorough investigation had been ordered. (Elior Levy and Yoav Zitun)
