Paul Adrian Raymond writing from Hebron, occupied West Bank, Live from Palestine, 10 November 2008
"I was part of a group of journalists and peace activists recently attacked by stone-throwing Israeli youths in an olive grove near the West Bank city of Hebron. Fortunately, I was not hit. Hazem Bader, a Palestinian photographer working for Agence France-Presse, was not so lucky and ended up needing eight stitches on his scalp and a night in hospital.
The immediate trigger for the incident was the Israeli army's demolition of an unlicensed structure in the settlement of Khirsina last Thursday evening. The residents of Khirsina, a satellite of the notorious Kiryat Arba settlement in the centre of Hebron, responded by launching a night-time attack on nearby Palestinian houses, throwing hundreds of rocks, smashing windows and damaging water pipes......"
"I was part of a group of journalists and peace activists recently attacked by stone-throwing Israeli youths in an olive grove near the West Bank city of Hebron. Fortunately, I was not hit. Hazem Bader, a Palestinian photographer working for Agence France-Presse, was not so lucky and ended up needing eight stitches on his scalp and a night in hospital.
The immediate trigger for the incident was the Israeli army's demolition of an unlicensed structure in the settlement of Khirsina last Thursday evening. The residents of Khirsina, a satellite of the notorious Kiryat Arba settlement in the centre of Hebron, responded by launching a night-time attack on nearby Palestinian houses, throwing hundreds of rocks, smashing windows and damaging water pipes......"
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