[GushShalomPress] Escalation in Nablus right now - on 69th day of curfew

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Something is going very wrong in Nablus right now - on the 69th day of curfew.
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[In the P.S.you find our repeated request for your protest against continuation of the 
curfew in Nablus]

Ha'aretz flash news wrote:
16:37 IDF soldiers search a municipal building in Nablus where the governor keeps his 
offices and here is a more elaborate description which we received from a Palestinian 
source.


------- Forwarded message follows -------
From:           	"Muzna Shihabi" <muzna at palnet.com>
To:             	<muzna at palnet.com>
Subject:        	Israeli troops occupy medical centers and open fire on ambulance in 
Nablus 
Date sent:      	Thu, 29 Aug 2002 18:26:58 +0200


Update
Israeli troops occupy medical centers and open fire on ambulance in Nablus
August 29, 2002
16:45

The situation in Nablus is currently very critical. The Israeli army has
occupied the Palestinian governorate headquarters and the Red Crescent
center in the city. The Palestinian Medical Relief building is surrounded
and Israeli troops are preventing ambulances from moving freely.

At about 16:00 Israeli troops opened fire at a Medical Relief ambulance that was
transporting a patient to hospital. Neither the medical staff nor the patient
inside the ambulance was injured, but only luck prevented a tragedy.

Another ambulance transporting Ahmad Abdul Karim, a nine-year-old
leukemia-patient, to life saving treatment at the Rafidia hospital in
Nablus, was held at an Israeli military checkpoint for two and a half hours. The
ambulance has just been released and given permission to continue to bring the
boy to hospital. So far 70 Palestinians have died because they were prevented
from receiving medical treatment.

Nablus has been kept under curfew for 68 consecutive days. This morning it
was announced on Israeli radio that the curfew would be lifted in the city. When
people took to the streets Israeli troops opened fire on them and people were
forced to go back to their homes.

P.S. Maybe you could send a message to 

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon <pm_eng at pmo.gov.il>
Spokesperson of the Prime Minister <dover at pmo.gov.il>
Defense Minister Benjamin Beneliezer <sar at mod.gov.il>
Spokesperson Defense Ministry <info at mail.idf.il>

Just one line: STOP THE CURFEW OF NABLUS or, a longer letter which you 
compose yourself]


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