SONG 3907
"The
crisis in [the West Bank city of] Hebron... has at its core a disregard
for human rights and international humanitarian law... including excessive
use of force by IDF [Israeli Defense Forces] soldiers against unarmed
Palestinian demonstrators; unlawful killings by IDF soldiers; unacknowledged
assassinations of suspected Palestinian militants; attacks by Palestinian
gunmen directed against Israeli civilians...; disproportionate IDF
gunfire in response to Palestinian attacks; extensive abuses by Israeli
settlers against Palestinian civilians and the lack of an IDF response
to such abuses; and "closure" measures imposed by the IDF
on the Palestinian community that amount to collective punishment."
-- Human Rights Watch in CENTER OF THE STORM: A Case Study of Human
Rights Abuses in Hebron District, April 2001
April
7 2002 Jerusalem Press Conference
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