CPTnet
May 16, 2003
HEBRON URGENT PRAYER REQUEST: Hold Dana family and their homes in prayer
Tonight and tomorrow night CPTers Kathie Uhler (New York, NY) and Eric
Schiller (Ottawa, ON) are staying with the extended Dana family in their
homes in the neighborhood of Jabal Johar, right next to the Kiryat Arba
settlement. The Israeli military gave two homes demolition orders to
families living there, but an Israeli lawyer was able to get a stay from the
High Court, in part because no violence has ever been attributed to the Dana
family members. On the contrary, they have experienced considerable
violence from Israeli settlers. These homes, and about fifteen other homes
of Palestinian families, stand in the way of Kiryat Arba settlement
expansion plans.
In staying the demolition orders, the Israeli High Court gave the military
until May 21 to appeal that stay of demolition. Schiller writes, "There are
signs that an appeal will be forthcoming. The Dana family homes have been
searched regularly by soldiers. Recently settlers have been doing land
surveying around their houses and pointing their fingers mockingly at their
homes. One night recently they had their homes pelted with stones for about
an hour, while the Israeli army watched. This is the kind of harrassment
that often precedes a takeover of homes."
The Dana family has asked CPTers to stay with them at least until May 21.
Please remember the Dana family in your prayers, pray that no harm will come
to them in the coming week. When we told the Dana family that we would be
asking for prayers for them, Mohammed Dana said, "Pray that our house is not
demolished. We thank God and the people who are helping us. We have no
relation with any gunmen. We live in our houses, just our family, for 40
years, never hurting anyone. My home is my life; my children are here and
need a home. They can kill me, but just leave the home."
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