[GushShalom] In al Nabi Saleh: 500 old & young forced to stand in the cold

[Gush Shalom (Israeli Peace Bloc)]

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 Nobody killed in al Nabi Saleh; just 500 old and young forced to stand  
hours in the cold - in the middle of night. The children, who stood there 
in the rain, in the range of the sniper on the watchtower, will remember 
this all their life.
 
 We want you to read this press release - received from the well-known 
Palestinian human rights watch LAW - because it shows what the occupation 
routinely does to Israeli-Palestinian relations.
 
 At this moment 5 draft refusers prefer to spend years in military jail 
than participating in such actions - and hundreds of reservists share 
with them alternating terms of a month at a time.
 
 
 ------- Forwarded message follows -------
 From:           	info at law-society.org
 Subject:        	Press Release
 Date sent:      	Tue, 27 Jan 2004 11:17:52 +0200
 
 Law Society condemns Israeli troops’ incursion into al Nabi Saleh 
 
 January 25, 2004 
 
 Early Sunday morning, January 25, 2004 Israeli troops positioned at a 
watchtower and a gate near the Palestinian village of al Nabi Saleh 
raided the village and forced its 500 residents out of their homes and 
held them in cold weather for more than two hours. Al Nabi Saleh is 20 
kilometers west of Ramallah; the gate near al Nabi Saleh is the only way 
out for al Nabi Saleh and a number of surrounding villages such as Beit Reema, Qarawa, Dir Ghasani,
 and Kufur Ain.
 
 
Eyewitness Mrs. Awatef al Tamimi, the principal of al Nabi Saleh School, 
told Law Society that Israeli military jeeps raided the village at 02:15 
Sunday morning. Using megaphones, Israeli troops ordered the village’s 
residents to leave their homes and gather in the piazza of the village. 
The troops then searched the houses in order to ensure that every person 
in al Nabi Saleh, including women, children, and the elderly are out in the cold. 
 
 
Mrs. al Tamimi, who lives near the piazza, added that her husband, 
children as well as herself were forced to evacuate their home. The 
troops then told females to go home. Then they wrote down the males names 
and photographed them and took their fingerprints. All the time people were insulted, humiliated, b
eaten, and forced to stand up. 
 
 
Law Society strongly condemns the Israeli raid on al Nabi Saleh; Law 
demands the Israeli government to stop its crimes and collective 
punishment against Palestinian people; and demands an international 
investigation committee to be formed based on UN Security Council’s 
Resolution number 1322 to investigate the Israeli crimes in the 
Palestinian territories; Law also demands that Palestinian civilians be placed under international 
protection. 
          
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