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| JERUSALEM — An Israeli border police officer who was filmed beating a Palestinian-American teenager on the edges of a riot in East Jerusalem in July 2014 has been sentenced to 45 days of community service and to a suspended prison term of four months, Israeli officials have said. | JERUSALEM — An Israeli border police officer who was filmed beating a Palestinian-American teenager on the edges of a riot in East Jerusalem in July 2014 has been sentenced to 45 days of community service and to a suspended prison term of four months, Israeli officials have said. |
| State prosecutors had requested a seven-month jail term for the beating, which prompted international outrage when a video recording of it came to light. | State prosecutors had requested a seven-month jail term for the beating, which prompted international outrage when a video recording of it came to light. |
| The Israeli news media said that the court handed down the lighter sentence on Wednesday after taking into account the officer’s expression of remorse, his service on behalf of state security and the difficult circumstances in which he was operating. | The Israeli news media said that the court handed down the lighter sentence on Wednesday after taking into account the officer’s expression of remorse, his service on behalf of state security and the difficult circumstances in which he was operating. |
| The officer, who has not been publicly identified, was charged with assault in September 2014 and was suspended from the force. The video shows him kicking and punching the teenager, Tariq Abu Khdeir, who is from Tampa, Fla. | The officer, who has not been publicly identified, was charged with assault in September 2014 and was suspended from the force. The video shows him kicking and punching the teenager, Tariq Abu Khdeir, who is from Tampa, Fla. |
| The Israeli Justice Ministry said that Tariq had not been resisting arrest and that the border police officer had beaten the boy in the head, face and upper body while he was on ground. | |
| The State Department had called for a quick and credible inquiry after footage of the beating spread worldwide. | The State Department had called for a quick and credible inquiry after footage of the beating spread worldwide. |
| Tariq, who was 15 at the time, was spending the summer with relatives in East Jerusalem when violence broke out over the gruesome killing of his cousin Muhammad Abu Khdeir, 16, by Jewish extremists who said they wanted to avenge the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli youths by Palestinian militants in the West Bank. | Tariq, who was 15 at the time, was spending the summer with relatives in East Jerusalem when violence broke out over the gruesome killing of his cousin Muhammad Abu Khdeir, 16, by Jewish extremists who said they wanted to avenge the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli youths by Palestinian militants in the West Bank. |
| The Israeli authorities said that Tariq was masked and holding a wooden slingshot when the officer chased him. Tariq, who said he had only been watching the clashes, was taken to a hospital and returned to the United States about two weeks later. | The Israeli authorities said that Tariq was masked and holding a wooden slingshot when the officer chased him. Tariq, who said he had only been watching the clashes, was taken to a hospital and returned to the United States about two weeks later. |