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Merrick
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Re: Palestinian report 10 pt 2
Apr 09, 2002, 17:43
we also got quite a lot of calls from rightist israelis hoping that the idf's aim would improve and we'd die...

we also got some rather sinister messages yesterday, if laughable. the americans in ayda camp were warned by their consulate that the israeli border guards had threatened to dump them in the nativity church to get shelled. the americans here, meanwhile, were given a similar warning but that it would be palestinians who would drag them in as hostages. us brits, meanwhile, got a message last night that because of 'rising sentiment' against foreigners here amongst palestinians (which is in itself a rubbish claim) we were 'strongly advised' to leave. we are taking this with a massive pinch of salt, having met nothing but kindness, respect and appreciation of our presence from every palestinian we've met. but it is disturbing in that we are reading these as veiled threats from the israeli army and government, or at least attempts from them to get themselves off the hook should they 'accidentally' harm us. on a personal level, if anything bad does happen to me here, i want all my loved ones to utterly assume israeli responsibility. they are the only forces from whom we have met aggression and harm, despite the workings of their propaganda machine.a full formal statement from the internationals will be released by the internationals here later today.

we have also had news from ayda refugee camp here that food is running low, and we are trying to set up the conditions for an aid convoy, possibly similar (if more successful, hopefully) than the one which attempted to reach ramallah on wednesday but was trashed by the idf. please pass this plea on to christian aid, war on want etc, and we'll be on to them, as well as to gush shalom, rabbis for humsn rights etc from this end.

terrible news from nablus, where there are 4-500 tanks. the refugee camps and university have been occupied, with systematic demolition of houses, leaving families homeless in the bitter cold, wet weather we have here at the moment (so much for my tan ambitions...). a house was also destroyed by a helicopter gunship, leaving 2 women in the rubble, status unknown. the idf also busted into an old people's home - obviously a haven for terrorists...

we got news from deheishe refugee camp yesterday that another woman had lost her baby after being denied access to specialist medical care after labour complications. and the UN managed to set up a brief clinic and treated 3 boys under 15 for gunshot wounds.

in ramallah, the family of a 21 year old palestinian woman with a US passport have described how she was shot dead as she sat with her 9-month old baby on her lap in a car, fleeing to safety after she heard gunshots. she was one of the 30-odd who had to be buried in a mass grave in the carpark of ramallah hospital. the idf have put out a thoroughly sick press release claiming that the digging of this mass grave was simply propaganda by the palestinians, who had ample time to bury their dead properly in the one or two-hour curfew lifts granted them.

drained, angry and sad, but staying here...

love,

sarah

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