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- 10 injured, ambulances attacked in violent assault by colonists near Ramallah
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Jewish Colonizers Assault US Pacifist in Hebron
HEBRON, March 27, 2006 (WAFA) - Jewish colonizers of Beit Haddasah assaulted a US pacifist in the West Bank (WB) city of Hebron.
Israeli daily Haaretz reported on Monday that Brian Morgan, an American volunteer assisting Palestinians in Hebron, as part of the Tel Rumeida Project, was attacked on Saturday by a group of 20 Jewish colonizers.
The American pacifist said that colonizers threw stones at him, kicked him and spat at him. He was taken to Hebron hospital shortly after the incident and underwent additional tests at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv yesterday. He was hit in the head and doctors are concerned he may have a concussion.
Morgan said that he ran from his assailants to a nearby Israel Occupation Forces (IOF) post, but charged that the soldiers on duty refused to assist him. He described the incident as unprovoked and premeditated.
"There has been a considerable rise in settler violence during these pre-election weeks," said a spokesman from Tel Rumeida. "But we and other Human Rights’ activists will remain in this area to do our job."
E.B. (14:21 P) (12:21 GMT)
