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I think the headline in the Israeli paper Haaretz today may be optimistic: "Israeli Soldiers May Stand Trial in Death of 80-year-old Palestinian-American Detainee"

The key words however are:

Military prosecutors summoned to a hearing the soldiers who detained and handcuffed 80-year-old Omar Abdalmajeed As'ad at an improvised checkpoint near Ramallah last January, where he died shortly afterward from a heart attack. Prosecutors told the soldiers’ attorneys that an indictment was being considered.

The army says a military police investigation found irregularities in the conduct of the checkpoint’s commander and the commander of the group guarding the detainee. The IDF spokesman said, “No causal link could be established between these irregularities and the man’s death.”

• Looks to me that after very quiet prodding by the U.S. the Israelis may change a soldier with a minor crime
• The article also says "The Defense Ministry agreed to compensate the family for 500,000 shekels ($143,000), in return for their withdrawal of a petition against the state."     The As'ad family in Oct. denied there had been any settlement.  Read this article in "The Guardian" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/11/family-of-palestinian-omar-abdalmajeed-asad-died-in-israeli-detention-rejects-claim-about-deal
• You know, of course, about the Israeli murder of Shireen Abu Akleh   The latest is a very careful forensic examination of the facts and sound recording, etc. by Al-Haq   See https://justiceforshireen.webador.com
• and of course you know that the Israeli election has seen the rise of a far far rightist violent politician who doesn't want any restraint on soldiers or police