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US To Block Military Aid To Israeli Unit Over Abuses

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., waits in the Old Senate Chamber to reenact his swearing in as President Pro Tempore of the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 18, 2012. Israel expects its top

Israel anticipates that the United States will announce the suspension of military aid to an Israeli army unit due to severe human rights violations in the Israeli-occupied West Bank prior to the conflict in Gaza six months ago. This action would represent the first instance of the U.S. implementing the Leahy law, a congressional act established 27 years ago, against an Israeli military unit.

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