World Council of Churches denounces settler attacks on volunteers

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Full Title: World Council of Churches denounces settler attacks on volunteers in Hebron

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"The World Council of Churches denounced on Wednesday two attacks on Christian volunteers in Hebron, and called on Israeli authorities to punish the Jewish settlers responsible.

In both cases, the attacks occurred as the volunteers were helping Palestinian children on their way to school, said the Geneva-based WCC, the world's biggest grouping of Christian churches.

Israeli authorities should stop the "abusive, unlawful and violent behaviour by settlers toward Palestinians and internationals," Peter Weiderud, the WCC's director for international affairs, wrote in a formal protest to the Israeli ambassador to Switzerland."

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"The WCC said a Swiss lawyer was "stoned" by a young Israeli settler in Hebron's Tel Rumeida district April 1, suffering a head wound requiring seven stitches. A German social worker and a Norwegian sociologist were attacked in the same neighbourhood on April 20 by 15 young settlers, but neither suffered serious injuries, the WCC said.

The three volunteers were escorting Palestinians attending the Cordoba Girls School, which is situated opposite the Beit Hadassah settlement. "Its pupils and teachers are frequent targets of stone-throwing, kicking and spitting by the settlers," the WCC said."

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/060426/w042662.html

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1. Good luck. these people are rabid, IMHO. n/t