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The Israeli army decided Wednesday to court-martial a soldier whose beating by a Palestinian mob shocked the country and froze the peace process. Cpl. Assaf Meyara, 19, will be charged with not carrying a loaded weapon and leaving his base without permission. However, the army will not bring charges against the young soldier for not firing his M-16 rifle on his attackers, who smashed the windows of the car he was traveling in, dragged him out and struck him repeatedly in the head with chunks of concrete.

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