Sunday, Oct. 4
CPTers were startled by an argument outside in the evening. Six soldiers had
detained a young chicken shop owner from down the street. He had been given
permission to feed his chickens despite curfew, but since the soldiers at the
checkpoint were unfamiliar with his situation, they beat him up. CPTer Jamey
Bouwmeester accompanied him to find an officer, but they were stopped by
other soldiers. Eventually an officer who was familliar his situation came
by and let
him feed the chickens.

Monday, Oct. 5
A group of women visiting from North America through World Vision went to see
the Atta Jabber family in the Beqa'a Valley. The Jabber family's home was
demolished twice in the last month. Currently the family is living in a tent
but seems in good spirits.

Team members monitored clashes which continued through the day at the borders
between Israeli- and Palestinian-controlled areas of Hebron as closure and
curfew continued.

At 3 p.m. curfew was lifted for three hours. At 6:20 p.m., team members on
patrol heard three shots moments after the hiss of tear gas being shot. They
turned a corner to find five Israeli military and police jeeps and 25-35
soldiers putting on
flak jackets. Israeli soldiers claimed that the three shots had been fired by
Palestinians at soldiers on patrol. Other internationals who were on the
scene told CPT that they had seen soldiers fire tear gas in the general
direction of the Palestinian-controlled area before the three shots were
fired.

Tuesday, Oct. 6
Clashes continued sporadically through the day.

Wednesday, Oct. 7
Thousands of Jewish visitors, the largest crowd yet experienced by CPTers in
Hebron, arrived for a concert by a Hasidic music star at the Tomb of the
Patriarchs.

Israeli government officials laid the foundation stone for a permanent
settlement at Tel Rumeida. The Fourth Geneva Convention, signed by Israel,
prohibits occupying powers from creating permanent settlements for their own
citizens in occupied territories.

Thursday, Oct. 8
During clashes in the morning, team members witnessed a journalist shot in
the head by rubber bullets. He had run across an open area to photograph a
young man shot by soldiers. Soldiers were shooting to disperse a fleeing
crowd of youth. Israeli soldiers also shot and killed a 21-year-old
Jordanian visitor with the rubber-coated, steel bullets.

Closure on the city of Hebron was lifted but the curfew in
Israeli-controlled Old City (H2) continues. The curfew was lifted for two
and a half hours so residents could leave their homes to get food and other
necessities. In Palestinian-controlled areas (H1) most businesses held a
general strike in solidarity with people in H2.

Jamey Bouwmeester went to the police station to make a statement about the
incident in which journalist Kawther Salaam was assaulted last week. (See
Sept 28-Oct 3 Weekly Update for details.)

Friday, Oct. 9
See "A Scene from Hebron Under Curfew."

Saturday, Oct. 10
Bouwmeester and Joanne "Jake" Kaufman went to Katanna, a town north of
Jerusalem, to help rebuild the home of the Fakia family. About 80 Israelis
helped the family lay rebar and tie wire to make the framework for the roof.
As the roof was poured, the father of the family set an olive branch in the
wet cement.