As of 3:45 pm EST today (11:45 pm Hebron time), Pierre Shantz remains in the
custody of Israeli police. Reschly was released into the custody of CPTers
Mark Frey and Sydney Stigge-Kaufman, reportedly because the Israeli police did
not have suitable accomodations for female foreigners.

As a result of intervening to prevent Israeli soldiers from shooting at a
nonviolent demonstration, Reschly and Shantz were charged with telling
soldiers not to shoot and "attacking" soldiers. Additionally, Reschly was
charged with calling a soldier a Nazi. Israeli police officers interviewing
the soldier who had made the last charge found out that he spoke no English.
He then clarified his testimony saying he thought he heard Reschly call him a
Nazi. In a phone interview, Reschly emphatically denied having done so. When
asked about the assault charge, Reschly said she had touched a soldier as she
tried to prevent him from shooting at the demonstrators.

Both Reschly and Shantz were asked to sign a document pledging that they would
not return to Hebron for 15 days. Both of them refused to do so.

Although Shantz was slapped hard twice and kneed hard in the back by a soldier
who had turned him around and pushed him away, he sustained no permanent
injuries.

Tomorrow at 10:00 am (2:00 am EST) Shantz and Reschly will appear before a
judge in Jerusalem. Lawyers and journalists with whom the team in Hebron has
spoken say the outcome is unpredictable. They may be released without charge,
deported, asked to sign a paper saying they will not return to Hebron, or be
taken into custody for an extended period.

According to friends of the team who watched a three minute report of the
event on Israeli TV, video footage demonstrates clearly that Hebron team
members were intervening nonviolently. Team members said they were absolutely
certain that the soldiers would have fired into the crowd of unarmed
demonstrators had the team not intervened.

When asked to comment during the phone interview, Reschly said, "This is about
'I'm a human being. Life is beautiful.' When I saw another human being about
to shoot, I had to intervene."