CPTnet
September 29, 2004
HEBRON DISTRICT: Updates on Brown and Lamberty's injuries and al-Tuwani
accompaniment project
Since the settler attack on Chris Brown and Kim Lamberty this morning,
Lamberty has been released from the Soroka hospital in Beer Sheva. She
received treatment for a broken arm and a broken knee and is recovering at
the home of CPT reservists Paul Pierce and Kathy Kamphoefner in Jerusalem.
CPTer Christina Gibb is also with her.
Brown, whom the settlers beat with a bat and chains, remains in the
hospital. He sustained broken ribs from the attack. One punctured his lung,
for which he required surgery. He suffered a contusion to his temple, but
doctors have now ruled out a brain injury.
Various articles written about the attack on Brown and Lamberty have made
point of saying that they "claim" their attackers were settlers, but could
not say for certain, since their attackers were masked. For some reason,
the BBC internet news reported on the incident under the headline "Jewish
settlers 'attack' US workers" and illustrated the article with a picture of
a screaming settler woman lying on the ground with her baby.
The _Jerusalem Post_ interviewed Lamberty and noted that she heard the
attackers say "take her phone" in English when they spotted her trying to
call for help after they finished with her and moved on to Brown. The
police told the _Jerusalem Post_ that they believed the attacks were a
robbery, even though the settlers took nothing from Brown, and only took
Lamberty's waistpack after she tried to call for help.
Noting that the attackers carried bats, Rabbi Arik Asherman, Director of
Rabbis for Human rights told the _Jerusalem Post_, "I don't know how many
Palestinian baseball teams there are in that area. It is quite clear that
the attackers were settlers."
The _Post_ concludes its article with "Settlers from Maon and its satellite
outposts are among the more ideological and sometimes radical of the
settlement movement."
The school accompaniment project in al-Tuwani village was organized by the
Israeli group Tayush, the Italian group, Operation Dove and Christian
Peacemaker Teams. Volunteers from Tayush and Operation Dove will accompany
school children along with the remaining CPTers tomorrow.
The following are links to various articles about the attack on Lamberty and
Brown
Jerusalem Post
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=Jpost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid
=1096430702928
Ha'aretz (which contains a picture of Chris Brown in his Beer Sheva hospital
bed)
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/483300.html
The Palestinian Information Center
http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/am/publish/article_8225.shtml
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