An Israeli combat soldier who was jailed for refusing to evacuate Gaza Strip settlers was reassigned to menial duties. Avi Bieber, a U.S.-born corporal in the Combat Engineering Corps, was jailed for 56 days after refusing evacuation orders in June.
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