AT-TUWANI: Israeli soldiers arrest Palestinian shepherd, assault Palestinian youth

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2 March 2010
AT-TUWANI:  Israeli soldiers arrest Palestinian shepherd, assault Palestinian youth

 

[Note: According to the Geneva Conventions, the International Court of Justice in the Hague, and numerous United Nations resolutions, all Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) are illegal.  Most settlement outposts are considered illegal under Israeli law.]

 

On Tuesday afternoon, 23 February 2010, Israeli soldiers arrested a Palestinian shepherd, Khalil Ibrahim Abu Jundiyye, from the village of Tuba.

Abu Jundiyye, 19, was grazing his flock near Tuba when four Israeli soldiers, coming from the nearby Ma’on settlement, chased him and another shepherd back to Tuba.  The soldiers aggressively pursued the two shepherds while Tuba families attempted to keep the soldiers away from the shepherds.  One soldier head-butted a young Palestinian man as he pleaded for an explanation as to why they were arresting his brother.  Another soldier loaded his rifle and pointed it in the air, threatening to shoot, forcing the families to quell their protest.

Once they had handcuffed him, the soldiers quickly led Abu Jundiyye away from the area, threatening arrest for anyone who followed them.  Two members of Christian Peacemaker Teams, standing at a distance, saw that the soldiers forced Abu Jundiyye to walk blindfolded on rugged terrain for nearly one kilometer.  An Israeli human rights organization later reported that Abu Jundiyye was taken to Beit Yatir checkpoint near the southern edge of the Green Line, adjacent to Mezadot Yehuda settlement.

Abu Jundiyye remained in custody overnight.  According to the Israeli District Coordinating Office, Abu Jundiyye was presumably arrested for assaulting an Israeli soldier.  The two Christian Peacemaker Teams members who were present during the incident did not witness Abu Jundiyye assault a soldier.  Nor is that charge confirmed in any of the team’s video footage of the incident.

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