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    Police officer charged with beating haredi demonstrators

    The Department for the Investigation of Police Officers in the State Prosecutor's Office has filed an indictment against a senior officer at the Lev Habira station in Jerusalem for assaulting demonstrators during protests against enlistment of haredi-religious Jews in the Israel Defense Forces.

    According to the indictment, the officer beat a 17-year-old during a demonstration in January 2017. In a September 2017 demonstration, he allegedly kicked several participants.