Young Israeli settlers attack CPT workers
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A young Israeli settler boy (one of three who sprayed liquid into Christian Peacemaker Teams worker John Funk’s face on Jan. 12) chats with Israeli soldiers outside Hebron. Young Israeli settlers attacked two CPTers as they stood between a Palestinian man and a group of three Israeli boys.
The boys taunted the man with rude remarks in Arabic about the Prophet Mohammad. A group of eight to 10 girls pushed, pulled and kicked Jan Benvie until she fell to the ground. The boys sprayed something in Funk’s face that caused eye irritation. Two Israeli soldiers stood a short distance away and watched the attacks. A third soldier came forward to intervene only when the settler girls knocked Benvie to the ground.
When the settlers attacked the Abu Siefen family on the evenings of Jan. 12 and 13, the Israeli military were slow to get involved but eventually moved the settlers away from the home. Authorities took no action against the settlers, but the Israeli police arrested four members of the Abu Siefen family and questioned them for four hours at the police station.—CPT
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