Date: Thu, 17 Sep 98 01:20:29 UT
Subject: FW: JABBER FAMILY HOME DESTROYED TWICE IN ONE MONTH




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Subject: 	JABBER FAMILY HOME DESTROYED TWICE IN ONE MONTH

16 September, 1998
JABBER FAMILY HOME DESTROYED TWICE IN ONE MONTH
by Jamey Bouwmeester

This morning at 9:30 the Israeli military destroyed the home of Atta
and Rodeina Jabber.  Today's demolition comes only 27 days after the
razing of the Jabber?s previous home.  This tragedy also follows close
on the heels of the uprooting of 2.5 acres of fruit and olive trees on
the Jabber family's land, only five days ago.  

During the demolition Atta Jabber was taken into police custody and is
currently being detained.  Three CPTers, along with Abdel Hadi Hantash
and Moussa Mahamry of the Palestinian Land Defense Committee went to
the police station to check on the situation.  We were informed that
Atta is being held pending an investigation of charges that he
assaulted a soldier.

Mr. Mahamry was allowed to speak with Atta.  He was handcuffed and his
shirt was torn.  He complained that he had been struck on his forearms
and wrists.  When asked about Atta's physical condition, the police
spokesperson said that he had been examined by a medic and was fine. 
To be sure, CPT contacted the Red Cross and requested that a doctor
come to the station and see Atta.    

The house destroyed this morning was a small two room structure with
no bathroom.  It was hastily erected in the wake of the last
demolition, in order to give the family at least some shelter.  It
posed no threat to anyone.  On the contrary, today we have seen again
how vulnerable it and other Palestinian homes are.   

This morning's reckless and callous action by the IDF comes in the
context of continued talks between Dennis Ross and the respective
leaders of Israel and the Palestinian Authority regarding a further
pullback of Israeli troops from the West Bank.  Israel had said that
it will not agree to any further action until The P.A. cracks down on
Islamic militants.  Only yesterday, the Associated Press quoted
Benjamin Netanyahu saying, "[Yasser Arafat] has to understand that the
agreement enables the Palestinian Authority to fight terrorists, not
merely in words but in deeds."  It is time for Netanyahu to realize
that terrorists come in many guises.  Today's demolition that has 
left five people homeless for the second time in less than four 
weeks, and Israel's policy of home demolitions in general are nothing 
but state terrorism.  




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