Israeli says Facebook photo with Arabs thoughtless

[August 17, 2010]  JERUSALEM (AP) -- A former Israeli soldier who posted photos on Facebook of herself in uniform smiling beside bound and blindfolded Palestinian prisoners says her actions were thoughtless.

Eden Aberjil told Israel's Army Radio on Tuesday that she did not think through her decision to post the photos. But she says she doesn't understand why they caused outrage.

She says she removed the photos after realizing they offended many viewers.

The photos taken in 2008 show her posing cheerfully with Palestinian detainees and were accompanied by an exchange with a friend that included jokes and sexual innuendoes.

The army has denounced the photos and Palestinians said they were humiliating.

[Associated Press]

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