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JERUSALEM — Israel has charged three Jews with the kidnapping and killing of a Palestinian teenager whose death set off days of violent protests in Arab areas of Jerusalem and northern Israel. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the three appeared before a court Monday. He said the suspects admitted to abducting 16-year-old Mohammed Abu Khdeir and setting him on fire.

Abu Khdeir was taken on July 2 near his home in east Jerusalem and his charred body was later found in a forest. Israel's Shin Bet security service says the suspects, whose names were not released, were motivated by revenge after the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli teenagers. Police are investigating three others for involvement in the killing. They remain under house arrest.

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A beautiful essay on the meaning of Mohammad Abu Khdeir's murder from Raja Shehadeh http://t.co/JBRfsVXSiB - Noga Tarnopolsky (@NTarnopolsky) July 10, 2014

Abu Khdeir's cellphone and plenty of forensic evidence was found in the homes of the suspects. - Elizabeth Tsurkov (@Elizrael) July 14, 2014

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