Wednesday 02 January

…When Benvie and Uhler picked up “Hani” (not his real name), an eight-year-old boy confined to a wheelchair, at the Ibrahimi Boys School to take him home, a teacher said that eight to ten soldiers broke into the school that morning during exams. He said they disrupted all the classes and insulted the teachers and headmaster in front of the students. The soldiers made the boys put their hands up. The little boys became afraid and some of them wet their pants. The soldiers said they saw an armed Palestinian policeman go into the school in the morning. The teacher said, “We ask God to give us patience.”

Saturday 12 January

…CPTers Benvie and Funk spent five hours along Wadi Al Nasara accompanying Palestinians. Settlers were harassing them and soldiers were ignoring them. In one instance, three settler boys came towards a Palestinian man. One of the boys spoke in Arabic and insulted the Prophet Mohammed, saying he was a pig. The man became angry and Benvie stepped between him and the boys. The man was able to go on his way. A soldier stood and watched, but did not offer any help or try to redress the boys’ conduct.

A group of eight to ten settler girls pulled Benvie from where she was standing and dragged her to the middle of road. They hit, pushed and kicked her until she fell down. A boy sprayed something in Funk’s face, making it difficult for him to see clearly. Throughout the attack, the soldier stood and watched what was happening. Eventually another soldier saw what the settler boys and girls were doing and moved forward to stop them.