Tag: Hebron
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Jerusalem Post: “Volunteers: Settler violence on the rise”
By TOVAH LAZAROFF, Jerusalem Post, 27 April, 2006 [To view a video of events click here] Her gray hair and slim size did not stop Israeli children waiting at a Hebron bus stop from tossing a palm size rock in the direction of Anne Montgomery, 79. A nun from the US, she was volunteering to…
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AP: “World Council of Churches denounces settler attacks on Christian volunteers in Hebron”
By The Associated Press GENEVA – The World Council of Churches denounced on Wednesday two attacks on Christian volunteers in Hebron, and called on Israeli authorities to punish the Jewish settlers responsible. In both cases, the attacks occurred as the volunteers were helping Palestinian children on their way to school, said the Geneva-based WCC, the…
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Human Rights Workers’ Press Conference: Escalating Settler Violence in Hebron
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jerusalem: A broad coalition of activists and advocacy groups held a press conference today to call on the Israeli authorities to uphold the law and arrest settlers perpetrating violence against Palestinians and international volunteers that attempt to protect them before one of them is seriously injured or killed. Recent attacks against Palestinian…
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Open Letter to the Israeli Military and Police
To: Shaul Mofaz, Outgoing Minister of Defense Amir Peretz, Designate Minister of Defense Dan Halutz, Israeli Forces Chief of the General Staff Meni Mazuz, Attorney General Yair Lotstein, Military, Legal Advisor on the Territories Avihai Mandelblit, Military Advocate General Ofer Mey-Tal, Israeli Military Liaison for International Organizations Ben Artzi, Head of the Foreign Liaison Office…
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Tel Rumeida Press Conference in Jerusalem
Tel Rumeida International Human Rights Workers: “Our lives are in danger.” Wednesday, April 26, 2006 at 11:00 AM Alternative Information Center Office, Queen Shlomzion 4, Jerusalem In Tel Rumeida, Hebron, settlers are executing planned, violent attacks with alarming frequency. In the past month alone, two human rights workers required stitches to their heads after being…