CPTnet
October 26, 2004

HEBRON UPDATE: October 4 - 19, 2004

Monday October 4
No curfew

At noon Christina Gibb observed over 150 settlers in the old city on a
guided tour. They were escorted by more than twenty soldiers who were
clearing Palestinians out of their route.

Chris Brown left the hospital in Beer Sheva, where doctors had treated him
for injuries sustained in a settler attack (See September 29, 2004 release,
"HEBRON DISTRICT: CPTers Kim Lamberty and Chris Brown badly injured by
settlers in the south Hebron hills) and traveled to Jerusalem to recuperate
for two weeks with friends.

Tuesday October 5
No curfew

John Lynes departed from Hebron. Soldiers at the Beit Romano checkpoint
forced him to unpack his bags for inspection before he could pass by to
catch transportation to Jerusalem.

The team received information from a local friend that construction has
begun on The Wall in Surif near Beit Ummar, north of Hebron.

Thursday October 7
No curfew

A joint Quaker/CPT delegation led by Kathy Kamphoefner participated in
morning school patrol and spent the night in the Beqa'a Valley with a
Campaign for Secure Dwellings (CSD) family.

Friday October 8
No curfew

Two women from Amnesty International interviewed Lamberty about the attack
in At-Tuwani .

Saturday October 9
No curfew

Bourke Kennedy and Gibb visited the headmistress at one of the girls
schools in the area CPT patrols in the mornings. The headmistress invited
them to return and participate in a school assembly.

In the afternoon Carpenter received a phone call from Diana Zimmerman in
At-Tuwani informing the Hebron office of the second attack by settlers (see
October 9, 2004 release, "Settlers again attack CPTers, Palestinians and
other international accompaniment volunteers." Maia Williams and Joe Carr
promptly departed for At-Tuwani to replace team members injured in the
attack.

Zimmerman accompanied an Operation Dove member injured in the attack to the
hospital in Jerusalem.

Sunday October 10
No Curfew

Janzen returned to Hebron from At-Tuwani and Gibb accompanied her to the
Kiryat Arba police station, so Janzen could give her statement about the
incident in At-Tuwani on the preceding day.

Monday October 11
No curfew

Mousa Abu Hashhash from B'tselem, an Israeli Human Rights group, interviewed
both Kim Lamberty and Diane Janzen about the settler attacks. He stated
that he would be filing a report about the incidents.

Bourke Kennedy and Christina Gibb guided thirty internationals on a tour of
the Old City.

Tuesday October 12
No curfew

Kennedy gave a tour of the Old City to a group from Fellowship of
Reconciliation. A member of International Solidarity Movement met with the
team to discuss ISM's role in the Hebron area.

Members of the team observed soldiers detaining about twenty men near the
Bab iZaweyya market and a group of eight women with children at the Beit
Romano checkpoint

Wednesday October 13
No curfew

Kennedy and Gibb visited one of the girls' schools on the school patrol
route. During an assembly of the school they handed out cards explaining
what CPT does on school patrol.

On her way back to the apartment around 2:30 p.m., after giving a tour to
visitors, Gibb observed soldiers detaining a blindfolded, handcuffed man at
the Beit Romano checkpoint. While asking the soldiers why they were
detaining the man, Gibb was confronted by an angry settler who verbally
harassed her. Janzen joined Gibb at the checkpoint and they continued to
monitor the situation. The soldiers told Janzen that they were waiting for
word from their commander about what to do. At 5:30 p.m., Janzen called the
Kiryat Arba police and asked why the man had remained in detention for three
hours. The man was released at 5:55 p.m., after the CPTers had an extended
conversation with the soldiers.

Throughout the afternoon the team heard sporadic gun shots and heard news
that the military had captured a suspected Hamas militant.

At 3 a.m. the team heard a very loud explosion.

Thursday October 14
No curfew

Kennedy and Gibb visited another girls' school to hand-out information about
CPT. Two women from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment
Program in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) visited the apartment and received
updates from Janzen and Williams about the project in At Tuwani. EAPPI
agreed to take over the At-Tuwani accompaniment while the CPTers went on a
retreat.

Kennedy and Gibb gave a tour to eighteen internationals. While the two
women pointed out the settlements to the group from the roof of the CPT
apartment, a patrol of soldiers came up on the roof. They did not interrupt
the tour and left without incident. While on the walking tour of the Old
City, the group was confronted by a settler woman and some of her children.
The woman shouted obscenities in their faces and her son threw eggs at them.
Two soldiers intervened but the settler woman would not let them pass. They
returned a different way after convincing the soldiers that they should not
arrest the group's Palestinian guide.

Friday October 15
No curfew

Joe Carr, Diana Zimmerman and a member of Operation Dove attempted to help
with the olive harvest in Susia, another settlement in the southern Hebron
District. Soldiers denied the group of Israelis and internationals access
to the fields. Earlier that morning settlers attacked two Palestinians who
were harvesting olives and beat them. The group waited with a family in
Susia for two hours until they received word that no picking
would occur on that day. As the group was leaving they encountered a group
of settler school girls along with their armed guard walking through the
Palestinian gardens and village. When confronted about why they were there
the guard announced that he was taking them to a lookout point and this
path was the quickest route.

Saturday Oct 16 - Tuesday Oct 19

CPT Hebron, along with Hebron support staff Rich Meyer and Pastoral support
staff Bob Holmes, traveled to Tiberias for a retreat. The team processed
the incidents of the previous weeks and spent time brainstorming for the
future. The team also spent time relaxing and enjoying the sights around
the Sea of Galilee.