AT-TUWANI: Israeli settlers attack, harass, and intimidate Palestinian schoolchildren, At-Tuwani villagers over two-day period
abril 3rd, 2008
CPTnet
3 April 2008
AT-TUWANI: Israeli settlers attack, harass, and intimidate Palestinian schoolchildren, At-Tuwani villagers over two-day period
[Note: According to the Geneva Conventions, the International Court of Justice in the Hague, and numerous United Nations resolutions, all Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories are illegal.]
On the morning of 28 March 2008, settlers sprayed two Palestinians in the face and eyes with some sort of aerosol. Later that day, masked settlers drove through the village, shouting insults and throwing stones at Palestinian children and a woman carrying a baby. The masked settlers retreated into the trees of the Hill 833 settlement outpost (called by the settlers, Havat Ma'on), but remained visible until Israeli military arrived.
The next morning, Israeli settlers harassed, intimidated, and attacked Palestinian children on their way to and from school in the village of At-Tuwani. In the morning, settlers yelled and threw stones at the children coming to school from the villages of Tuba and Maghayir Al Abeed. The military escort in the area, which has orders to take the children to and from school to ensure their safety, did nothing during the attack. Fearing for their safety, the children took a different path to school, doubling the walk from twenty to forty-five minutes.
On their way home from school, one adult Israeli settler and four children followed the Palestinian children and military escort. Two adult settlers, and then a large group of adults and teenagers joined them. The settlers yelled insults and threats at the school children, but the Israeli army kept them at bay. An adult settler displayed his buttocks to international observers monitoring the escort.
(About twenty children from the villages of Tuba and Maghayir Al Abeed walk to school in At-Tuwani each day. The Israeli military, under orders from the Israeli Knesset (Parliament) Committee for the Rights of the Child, has accompanied the children past the Hill 833 outpost since 2004.)
On the same day, Israeli settlers from the Hill 833 outpost entered the village of At-Tuwani four times. While in the village, settlers harassed Palestinians, twice displaying their buttocks to Palestinians and internationals in the area. Israeli authorities did nothing to move settlers away from the village. Israeli military personnel chatted and joked with settlers when they entered the village, allowing them to stay on land owned by Palestinian residents of At-Tuwani. Palestinians told team members a military commander threatened to tell the settlers to attack the village after the military left the area.
3 April 2008
AT-TUWANI: Israeli settlers attack, harass, and intimidate Palestinian schoolchildren, At-Tuwani villagers over two-day period
[Note: According to the Geneva Conventions, the International Court of Justice in the Hague, and numerous United Nations resolutions, all Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories are illegal.]
On the morning of 28 March 2008, settlers sprayed two Palestinians in the face and eyes with some sort of aerosol. Later that day, masked settlers drove through the village, shouting insults and throwing stones at Palestinian children and a woman carrying a baby. The masked settlers retreated into the trees of the Hill 833 settlement outpost (called by the settlers, Havat Ma'on), but remained visible until Israeli military arrived.
The next morning, Israeli settlers harassed, intimidated, and attacked Palestinian children on their way to and from school in the village of At-Tuwani. In the morning, settlers yelled and threw stones at the children coming to school from the villages of Tuba and Maghayir Al Abeed. The military escort in the area, which has orders to take the children to and from school to ensure their safety, did nothing during the attack. Fearing for their safety, the children took a different path to school, doubling the walk from twenty to forty-five minutes.
On their way home from school, one adult Israeli settler and four children followed the Palestinian children and military escort. Two adult settlers, and then a large group of adults and teenagers joined them. The settlers yelled insults and threats at the school children, but the Israeli army kept them at bay. An adult settler displayed his buttocks to international observers monitoring the escort.
(About twenty children from the villages of Tuba and Maghayir Al Abeed walk to school in At-Tuwani each day. The Israeli military, under orders from the Israeli Knesset (Parliament) Committee for the Rights of the Child, has accompanied the children past the Hill 833 outpost since 2004.)
On the same day, Israeli settlers from the Hill 833 outpost entered the village of At-Tuwani four times. While in the village, settlers harassed Palestinians, twice displaying their buttocks to Palestinians and internationals in the area. Israeli authorities did nothing to move settlers away from the village. Israeli military personnel chatted and joked with settlers when they entered the village, allowing them to stay on land owned by Palestinian residents of At-Tuwani. Palestinians told team members a military commander threatened to tell the settlers to attack the village after the military left the area.
