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<div id="divNewsDatetime">PressTV -Thu Jan 27, 2011 4:55PM</div>
<div id="divPhotosReel" class="photosReel1"><img title="Israeli officer Lt. Col. Omri Burberg sits in a military court room in Tel Aviv, Israel Thursday, July 15, 2010. (file photo)" src="https://i2.wp.com/previous.presstv.ir/photo/20110127/pirhayati20110127141832670.jpg" alt="" /><img title="A video still shows Ashraf Abu Rahme bound and blindfolded before being shot with a rubber bullet by an Israeli soldier in the West Bank village of Na'alin on July 7, 2008." src="https://i1.wp.com/previous.presstv.ir/photo/20110127/pirhayati20110127160418950.jpg" alt="" /><img title="The image shows Abu Rahman after he was shot in the leg." src="https://i0.wp.com/previous.presstv.ir/photo/20110127/pirhayati20110127160423780.jpg" alt="" /></div>
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<div id="divImageDesc">Israeli officer Lt. Col. Omri Burberg sits in a military court room in Tel Aviv, Israel Thursday, July 15, 2010. (file photo)</div>
<div id="divLead">Israel  has cut loose an army commander who has been convicted of involvement  in shooting a bound Palestinian point-blank in the occupied West Bank.</div>
<p>Instead of sentencing him to prison, a Tel Aviv military court  announced on Thursday that Lieutenant Colonel Omri Burberg cannot be  eligible for a promotion in military rank for two years and is not  allowed to command troops for one year, <em>Ha&#8217;aretz</em> reported.</p>
<p>The verdict comes while an active prison sentence had earlier been sought for Burberg.</p>
<p>Last July, the Israeli officer was found guilty after a video showed  his involvement in the shooting of Palestinian demonstrator Ashraf Abu  Rahman in the West Bank village of Na&#8217;alin back in 2008.</p>
<p>Abu Rahman was reportedly detained during a rally in protest at  Israel&#8217;s separation wall. Burberg took the Palestinian man to the entry  of the village, where he was bound and blindfolded.</p>
<p>The Israeli officer then stood the prisoner on his feet, led him to a  nearby jeep and told Staff Sergeant Leonardo Korea, to fire a rubber  bullet at his leg.</p>
<p>Burberg was transferred following the incident from his post in  Battalion 71 to the armored corps training grounds at Tze&#8217;elim in  southern Israel. Korea was also demoted to private rank.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, there are reports that Abu Rahman plans to appeal the new sentence passed on Burberg.</p>
<p>&#8220;That is not a conviction &#8211; it&#8217;s nothing,&#8221; Abu Rahman said after the  Thursday&#8217;s court session. &#8220;I really thought both would be punished, but  with deep sorrow the court has ruled in their favor.&#8221;</p>
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