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22 Feb 2018

Author:
Janene Pieters, NLTimes.nl

Palestinian sues Dutch attack dog trainer over Israeli police K9 bite

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A 19-year-old Palestinian man is demanding 11 thousand euros in damages from a Dutch company that delivers dogs to the Israeli army. One of these dogs bit him three years ago and left him seriously injured and permanently traumatized, he says. ... The Palestinian man in question, Hamzes Abu Hashem, was involved in a demonstration against a Jewish settlement... in December 2014. Responding Israeli soldiers used dogs to break the protesting group apart.... A soldier filmed the incident on his smartphone, and the video was later posted to Facebook. "The dogs ran very fast and I could not escape. They bit me everywhere and the soldiers seemed to like it. I bled violently and begged them to take the dogs away, but they didn't", Hashem said about the incident... After being treated in hospital for dog bites, Hashem was sentenced to three months in prison for throwing stones at soldiers. He does not believe that this fact detracts from his accusations against Four Winds K9. "The occupation of the West Bank is illegal and the Dutch company contributes to it", he said... In a statement sent to court, the company denies liability. According to the company, there is no ban or permit requirement on exporting dogs to Israel, and the Israeli army is responsible for what is done with the dogs.