CPTnet
August 19, 2002
HEBRON UPDATE: August 4- 8, 2002

Sunday, August 4, 2002
Curfew lifted in H2 12:00 pm 7:00 pm

The Hebron team and delegates went to the homes of several families that
settlers had attacked the previous Sunday. Soldiers had warned the team
the day before that there would be a settler demonstration as part of the
continuing funeral ceremonies for the soldier from the Hebron settlement of
Avraham Avinu whom Palestinian gunmen had killed over a week before. The
ceremonies took place without incident.

While Le Anne Clausen was leading the delegation through the market, a
family located next to the entrance of the old wholesale market called to
them to unblock their door in front of which soldiers had moved a large
stone
and metal sheet several hours earlier. A soldier yelled at Clausen to stop
and began loading his gun with rubber-coated bullets in front of her. He
then ran up the street, yelling and shooting into connecting alleyways with
another soldier behind him. CPTer Jim Satterwhite and other delegates came
upon the scene, and he and Clausen followed the soldiers as they ran firing
and yelling at people to get into their homes, despite the fact there was
no
curfew. Delegation leaders Bill Durland and Genie Durland followed them up
another alleyway while Clausen talked to families who had been out when the
soldiers were shooting. One woman told her that a bullet had whizzed right
past her three-year-old son who wet his pants out of fright. The soldier in
question claimed that a young boy had thrown a rock at him and that he would
go directly to the home of the next boy who dared do that.

After the soldier was somewhat calmed down, Satterwhite returned to the
first house to unblock the door. The same soldier came running back,
yelling at Satterwhite to stop. Satterwhite told him, "The family needs to
get in and out of their home." Satterwhite and Clausen then went in to
talk with the family. They learned that the family's 14-year-old son had
been hit in the head that morning with a rock when he looked out the door
to see if there was curfew. Clausen and CPTer Jerry Levin accompanied the
mother and the boy to a place where an ambulance could take them to the
hospital.

Satterwhite and Levin went on night patrol and discovered that soldiers had
detained ten young men at the Tel Rumeida checkpoint. A soldier told the
CPTers to leave because CPT had no official status. The CPTers responded
that it was their mission to observe, but moved further down the street,
around a corner.

Clausen and Janet Shoemaker accompanied their neighbor back through the
market from grocery shopping after dark. His family reported that soldiers
were now beating Palestinians who were out after curfew.

Monday, August 5, 2002
Curfew lifted 7am to 3 pm city-wide

While in the market, Greg Rollins was informed by shop owners that the
Israeli military had given the family of the gunman who had attacked Border
Police in Jerusalem the day before one hour to evacuate their house before
soldiers blew it up. Rollins, Clausen, Satterwhite and the team's
translator went to document and intervene. There were about 200 people
there removing everything from the house and trucking it away. The
military never came. Rollins and Satterwhite stayed at the house for the
night.

Tuesday, August 6, 2002
Curfew in H2

Wednesday, August 7, 2002
Curfew in H2

Around 8:00 am, Israeli soldiers went through the Palestinian-controlled
area of Hebron (H1), throwing tear gas at vendors and ordering curfew.
After the soldiers left, the vendors opened up.

Clausen and a Japanese journalist followed four soldiers into a house
across the street from the Israeli settlement of Avraham Avinu. The family
asked them to follow the soldiers to the roof to make sure they did not
cause any damage. One soldier called the CPTers spies. "You are so
na