[media-dakwah] Israeli Soldiers Shoot Two International Peace Activists In The Head at Bil’in

Fri, 12 May 2006 20:15:13 -0700


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=== News Update ===



Israeli Soldiers Shoot Two International Peace Activists In The Head at Bil’in

May 12th, 2006 | Posted in
<http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/category/press/>Press Releases,
<http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/category/bilin/>Bil'in Village,
<http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/category/ism-media-alerts/>ISM Media Alerts


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

“I saw blood gushing out of his head, and helped bandage it. As we were
getting him into the ambulance an Israeli soldier grabbed his long hair and
they all tried to stop him from leaving in the ambulance even though they
knew he was injured”, said American eyewitness Zadie Susser who saw Phillip
Reiss from Austraila sitting in shock immediately after he was hit.

At today’s Bil’in demonstration, Israeli soldiers shot seven Palestinians
with rubber bullets. One Australian and one Danish demonstrator were
hospitalised after being shot in the head with rubber bullets at close range.

AFP Cameraman Jamal Al Aruri was shot in the hand with a rubber bullet
while he was filming two of his fingers were broken. Adeba Yasin (65) was
hit by a rubber coated bullet under her eye while she was sitting on the
balcony of her home.

Phillip Reiss (25) from Sydney, Australia was shot as he was running away –
he had been filming the demonstration. BJ Lund (21) from Ry, Denmark was
also shot as he was standing near army jeeps. Both Phil and BJ are
currently in Tel Hashomer hospital in Tel-Aviv. The bullet caused a
hemorrhage to Phil’s brain, though he is now conscious. BJ required
stitches to the head.

The video footage that Phil was filming when he was shot is available from
the ISM Media office on request. In it you can see how close they were to
the soldiers when they opened fire - the sound of the shots fired is
clearly audible.

Abed Al Karim Khatib(60) was hit by a rubber coated bullet in his private
parts, Abed Albased Abu Rahme (15) was hit on his thigh by a rubber coated
bullet and Waleed Mahmoud Abu Rahme (20) was hit in his abdomen by a rubber
coated bullet. Mohammad Ahmad Issa was hit in the leg with a rubber bullet.
Wajdi shokut (18) was hit by a rubber coated bullet in the hand

Ashraf Muhammed Jamal (24)was hit by a tear gas canister aimed at his head.

Abdullah Abu-Rahme (35 and the Co-ordinatior of the Bil’in Popular
Committee Against the Wall), Muhammad Al Katib (32, also from the Popular
Committee) and Akram Al Katib (34) were beaten.

The demonstration of about 300 people had marched, singing, chanting and
waving flags to the gate in the apartheid barrier.

This week, the gate had been locked open, so the Israeli soldiers relied on
their jeeps and barbed wire to stop the people of Bil’in from walking into
their land. After a while, some of the demonstrators started to open the
barbed wire. The Israeli soldiers started hitting people with clubs. A few
rocks were thrown from a small group of youth who were away from the main
demonstration in front of the jeeps. The soldiers then started firing on
the peaceful demonstrators at near point-blank range as they were running
away – they were a maximum distance of 10 meters away when shot.

According to Israeli Human Rights group
<http://www.btselem.org/english/Firearms/Rubber_Coated_Bullets.asp>B’Tselem,
Israeli Military Regulations stipulate that “the minimum range for firing
rubber-coated steel bullets is forty meters. The Regulations emphasize that
the bullets must be fired only at the individual’s legs, and are not to be
fired at children” Israeli soldiers fire rubber-coated steel bullets at
Palestinian children during the Bil’in demonstration every week. Israeli
demonstrator Matan Cohen was recently shot in the eye during a
demonstration in Beit Sira. He now has only partial sight in that eye.

The Israeli military usually uses rubber bullets during demonstrations when
Israeli and international activists are present. When Palestinians
demonstrate on their own the military uses live ammunition or rubber coated
steal bullets.

Two of the demonstrators that were shot from close range were filming the
demonstartion. British attorney general, Lord Goldsmith confirmed on the
6th of May he was considering whether to seek the extradition and
prosecution of an Israeli soldier who shot dead British cameraman James
Miller in
<http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/wp-content/plugins/auto_links/klogs/?kw=Gaza&rl=http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/category/gaza/>Gaza,
after a jury in a British inquest unanimously agreed that
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,251-2121995,00.html>“Mr Miller was
indeed murdered”

Eleven Palestinians have been killed by Israeli soldiers during non-violent
demonstrations against the apartheid wall.

For more information call:
ISM Media office: 02 297 1824
Zadie Susser: 054 590 2319

source:
http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2006/05/12/israeli-soldiers-shoots-two-foreigners-in-the-head-at-bilin/

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