Saturday, January 4
Curfew

Janzen and Lorne Friesen escorted two Palestinian women across Shuhada
Street because they were afraid of settlers there. Near the settlement of
Avraham Avinu, settler children grabbed Janzen's CPT hat as settler adults
watched and laughed. When the CPTers walked past the Beit Romano
settlement, a settler teenager shouted at them and struck at Friesen, but
missed. The teen struck Janzen twice on the shoulder and kicked him in the
back. Soldiers at the checkpoint asked the CPTers if they were okay.

Mary Yoder, Friesen, and John Lynes escorted a Palestinian woman to Al Alia
Hospital.

At 8:00 PM, two soldiers entered the CPT apartment building, going up the
stairs to the roof. Lingle, Sue Rhodes, Lynes, and Janzen told the
soldiers they must leave. Lynes said that it was against CPT's principles to
have arms in the building. If they left their weapons outside, Lynes told
them, they were most welcome to visit. One of the soldiers said, "Because
we are soldiers, we must carry guns." The soldiers pointed their guns in the
direction of the Palestinian neighborhood Harit iSheik where a helicopter
hovered. After ten minutes the soldiers left.