Two young women soldiers have been sentenced to prison terms for beating a British woman employee of Bir Zeit University on the West Bank. Bir Zeit is regarded by the authorities as a hotbed of Arab nationalist feelings and pro-PLO sentiments. It has frequently been closed down by the Israel military authorities on the West Bank.
One of the soldiers was given a three-month jail sentence and the other one was sent to prison for one month for beating Ann Scot at Military Government headquarters in Ramallah last June. She had accompanied two students who wanted to recover identity cards confiscated after protest demonstrations.
Ms. Scot said that when she had refused to answer questions about what she was doing at Bir Zeit, she was beaten on the arms and legs with what looked like a baseball bat. She told reporters she had complained to police even though she had been warned she would be killed if she spoke about what had happened.
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