April
14th, 03
The
count is now three:
The
Bush administration does not care.. two American citizens
were shot deliberately, but it does not matter because
they should not have been there in the first place. A
British was also shot, but no one cares. We see cartoons
making fun of them, and emails cursing them for their
'st-oo-pidity'. How could they stand in front of a bulldozer,
or protect a child being shot at by a sniper? The 'natural'
reaction is to cower and to look the other way, because
there is a 'higher calling', a prophecy - or is it a political
plan? - that says that these people should be killed and
the Zionists, Bush's chosen people, have to take their
homes and land. It is, he says, in the Bible he reads
and he hears it from the God he prays to every morning
at the White House.
What
is a child shot? Ah.. but not any child of course: it
is a Palestinian child. Have we become desensitized that
it is not news at all that 20 children were killed when
settlers threw a grenade in their school this week? Why
should that make the news? Aren't Palestinian 'terrorists'
killed everyday? Why is that any different?
And
now, what is another International Solidarity activist
shot? It is becoming common, and will not make news any
more. Do remember of course that there are investigations.
Bush's administration has learnt very well from its 'ally'
Israel. They shoot, kill, and then say they will investigate.
And then it is gone.
But
Brian and Tom.. I am once again speechless but for the
words of Jesus:
"Greater
love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life
for his friends."" John 15:13
Here is the eyewitness account:
"The
activists were being shot at while protecting some children
from Israeli gunfire. Tom was in plain view of the sniper
towers and was wearing a bright orange fluorescent jacket
with reflective stripes. The nine ISM activists and many
children were in the process of leaving the area. Sniper
fire from the tower was hitting the wall close beside
the children, who were afraid to move. Tom was attempting
to bring them to safety when he was shot. There was no
shooting or resistance coming from the Palestinian side
at all."
And...
"Tom
saw a little boy in an open space, clearly visible to
the tower. Tom went to get him out of the way. He looked
back and saw two more girls whom he also went to retrieve.
As he went to get them, he was shot in the back of the
head. He fell to the ground in a pool of blood. The ambulance
arrived quickly, after about two minutes."
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Israeli
Soldiers Shot Tom Hurndall, 22, a British ISM Activist while
he was protecting children in Rafah from Israeli gunfire
on 10 April. Tom was hit in the head by sniper fire. His
condition is listed as critical. His mother asks the Israelis:
was my son shot deliberately? Read
more on ISM's site..
Brian
Avery, 23, US ISM activist shot in the face by Israeli Forces
in Jenin on 5 Apr. Brian is still in hospital in Haifa.
He has suffered sever damage to his face and will have to
undergo extensive reconstructive surgery.
Read more on ISM's site...
For
more information contact:
Allison
067 742 780
Raf
054 389 466
Nick
055 874 693
Alice
067 857 069
Tom
ISM Media Coordinator Beit Sahour, Occupied Palestine 02-277-4602
067-862-439
052-360-241
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