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…