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Settler Vandalism and Harassment near Kiryat Arba
By Jim Roynon & Joanne "Jake" Kaufman
September 9, 2002
"HEBRON Israeli settlers vandalized several vehicles
and harassed a number of households in the wee hours
of the morning on Saturday, September 8th.
Around 9 a.m. Saturday morning, 'Im Nad'r' from the
Al-Ja'abari neighborhood of Hebron called the team.
She asked CPT to investigate settler vandalism that had
occurred in her neighborhood between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m.
that morning. Donna Hicks, Joanne 'Jake' Kaufman,
and Jim Roynon made their way through the city,
which was under curfew, to the area.
Before the team reached Im Na'dr's home, they were
beckoned to view the first place of vandalism. In a large
empty lot near several homes, they saw 10 vehicles with
broken windows. Mohammad al-Ja'abari explained that
Palestinian residents had heard glass breaking around
2 a.m. the previous night. He saw about eight settlers
leaving the area. Other witnesses said they had seen the
settlers use iron bars and stones to commit the vandalism.
Mr. Al-Ja'abari said that the Israeli police had been called.
They took a report and left. (CPTers witnessed three
Israeli police jeeps pulling away from the area as they
were coming there.) Al-Ja'abari said settlers often
vandalize Palestinian property and harass people late at
night in this area, particularly on Saturdays (Shabbat).
Walking further up the road, the CPTers found the home
of Im Nad'r. She reported that about 10 settlers had
entered into her extended family's compound the night
before. "They came between 1 and 2 a.m. last night and
the night before." She added that settlers had come a
week before as well.
Im Nad'r said the settlers had knocked at the windows of
the house, terrifying the children inside. "The children
could not sleep. They were afraid. We were afraid,"
she said. The windows beside the family's front door
were broken as though rocks had been thrown through.
Bare spaces on the hill beside the house showed where
rocks had been dug up to use to throw at the house and
other houses nearby. Taking the CPTers to the roof
of her house, Im Nad'r showed where the settlers had
broken water pipes for the water tanks.
Taking the CPTers on a tour of the neighborhood,
Im Nad'r showed them more broken windshields and car
windows on at least four more vehicles. Window panes
on four homes and a solar panel heating unit on the roof
of another home were also damaged or destroyed during
the settler incursion into the Palestinian neighborhood."
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