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From: ep at MennoLink.org [mailto:ep at MennoLink.org]On Behalf Of CPTnet
editor, Webster, NY
Sent: September 29, 2004 5:26 AM
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Subject: HEBRON DISTRICT: CPTers Kim Lamberty and Chris Brown badly
injured by settlers in the south Hebron hills


CPTnet
September 29, 2004

HEBRON DISTRICT: CPTers Kim Lamberty and Chris Brown badly injured by
settlers in the south Hebron hills


At about 7:15am on the morning of Wednesday September 29, 2004 settlers
attacked Christian Peacemaker Team members Chris Brown and Kim Lamberty as
they accompanied children to school.
The children, from the village of Tuba, have experienced harassment from
settlers in the past as they to school in the village of al-Tuwani.

The five settlers, dressed in black and wearing masks, came from an outpost
of the nearby Ma'on settlement and attacked Brown and Lamberty with a chain
and bat. All of the children escaped injury by running back to their homes.

The settlers pushed Brown to the ground, whipped him with a chain and kicked
him in the chest, which punctured his lung. They kicked and beat Lamberty's
legs. She is not able to walk because of an injury to her knee and has a
broken arm.  The settlers also stole Lamberty's waistpack, which held her
passport, money and cellular phone.

Lamberty and Brown were taken by ambulance to Soroka hospital in Beer Sheva
for treatment.  Hebron Team Support person, Rich Meyer, reports that the two
CPTers told him they are receiving excellent care from Israeli doctors.

Children from four small Palestinian villages walk to a central school in
the village of al-Tuwani.  Because settlers have harassed the children since
school began in September, and the Israeli police would not intervene to
prevent the attacks, the villagers have sought the protection of
international accompaniment.  A coalition comprising Christian Peacemaker
Teams, the Israeli group Tayush and members of Operation Dove, (an Italian
Christian organization that undertakes accompaniment work similar to CPT's
work), set up a presence in the village of al-Tuwani beginning on September
12, 2004.  The three groups initially committed themselves to six weeks of
accompaniment after members of these organizations witnessed settler attacks
on children each time they made exploratory visits to the area.

Christian Peacemaker Teams, Operation Dove and Tayush plan to continue
accompanying children to school in al-Tuwani.

Journalists wishing more information may call Hebron Team Supporter person
Rich Meyer at 574-202 3920.


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