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A Dutch dog supplier is going to pay compensation
to a Palestinian boy bitten by one of its animals on the command of the Israeli
army, reports the NRC.
‘Four Winds Policedog Center’ in Geffen has reportedly
reached a financial settlement with the boy because it sold the dog to the
army.
The company reportedly said in a statement that it ‘regrets the incident’
in 2014 and its physical and psychological consequences on the young man,
Hamzeh Hashem.
The NRC claims that the firm does not admit legal liability,
stating that the dog was trained by the Israeli army, but was paying Hashem ‘as
a contribution to his recovery’ and as a gesture of goodwill.
Four Winds’
website claims that it trains dogs ‘to a high level to help reduce terrorism
and crime’ but it has now reportedly stopped supplying the Israeli army.
Hashem
had sued the company through Dutch lawyer Liesbeth Zegveld, who told NRC that
this is ‘the first time a Dutch firm has paid for violence in the occupied
Palestinian territories.’
DutchNews.nl has contacted Four Winds K9 – the
current business name of the company which has an identical website to Four
Winds Policedogs Center – and Liesbeth Zegveld to confirm the report.
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