Three Israeli ex-policemen were jailed for beating and robbing Palestinian laborers. Tel Aviv District Court on Thursday sentenced the three to 10 months in prison after they pleaded guilty to attacking eight Palestinian laborers in the Israeli town of Lod while serving as border police conscripts in 2004.
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