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Israel Detains Palestinian Youth Activist Fadi Quran

HeadlineFeb 27, 2012

A prominent Palestinian youth activist named Fadi Quran was arrested and detained by Israeli authorities Friday while demonstrating in Hebron, West Bank. Video posted online shows Israeli soldiers violently grabbing Quran and then smashing his head into the bumper of a van. Quran is a U.S. citizen who graduated from Stanford University. Time Magazine recently profiled Quran, describing him as a key leader of a new nonviolent youth movement in the Occupied Territories.

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