The U.S. State Department said it would investigate charges by three Arab Americans that they had been tortured in Israel. The announcement came after the three men met with State Department officials last Friday. An Israeli spokesman said Israel had reason to be suspicious of the men, two of whom claim they were held for several weeks but were not charged.
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