Minister wants religious battalion shut after video of troops beating Palestinians

Nahman Shai calls for closure of IDF’s Netzah Yehuda battalion, as soldiers again accused of wanton violence in West Bank; army suspends soldiers caught on camera.

Minister wants religious battalion shut amid new case of troops beating Palestinians (Times of Israel)
Nahman Shai, who was military spokesperson in 1980s, calls for closure of IDF’s Netzah Yehuda, as soldiers again accused of wanton violence in West Bank

Israeli army suspends soldiers caught on camera beating Palestinians (Haaretz)
An investigation of the incident found that the soldiers had ‘behaved violently and used unnecessary force’                                                                                                                                             

Jewish extremists accused of slashing tyres, graffitiing in Palestinian town (Times of Israel)
Four vehicles found damaged in Marda, close to West Bank settlement of Ariel; Hebrew graffiti on walls reads: ‘Jews wake up. Arabs out’

Photo: Israeli soldiers of the Netzah Yehuda battalion are seen at a military base, in the northern Jordan Valley. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)