Israeli sourced Eyewitness Reports Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit source - Harel Barzilai Israeli sourced Eyewitness Reports This is just two of many eyewitness reports coming from B'tselem, the ISRAELI Human Rights monitoring organization. You can read more at http://www.btselem.org/English/Daily_Update/index.asp Not suitable reading for the faint of heart. source - B'tselem: Ten days ago, two-year-old Tabaraq Udeh from Deir Al-Hatab in Nablus District, ran out of medication. The infant suffered from cerebral pulsey and epilepsy. The IDF has had the village under siege, and Udeh?s medication supply could not be renewed. Three days ago, her health began to deteriorate. She ceased to communicate, became unable to stand on her feet, slipped into unconsciousness, and began to have convulsions. Following many attempts to get her to hospital in Nablus, a Red Crescent ambulance finally made it to the village yesterday and Udeh was taken to hospital accompanied by her mother. Today, at around 8:00 AM, she died. Her attending physician, Dr. Hamid al-Masri, said that Udeh?s death would have been avoided had she made it to hospital sooner, and had she continued to take her medication. (Source: B'Tselem) Yesterday[4/16], a group of European and North American nationals delivered food and medical supplies to residents of Balata refugee camp, in Nablus. After the distribution the group started on its way back to Nablus, accompanied by six Palestinian medical staff members. The group was detained at the exit from the camp for about two hours. The soldiers would not allow the Palestinians through, and threatened to forcibly remove them. The foreign nationals attempted to form a human chain to protect the Palestinians, but the soldiers and some border police officers who had arrived at the scene began to beat and verbally abuse those present. Three soldiers dragged a UK national to the middle of the road and kicked him in the ribs and lower back. Another member of the group was dragged face down on the pavement and another suffered a concussion after being kneed in the head. The soldiers handcuffed four of the Palestinians and beat them severely. They shattered cameras, video recorders and cell phones and confiscated film and videotapes. During the confrontation, one of the European nationals handed his cell phone to a soldier so that he may speak to his lawyer. The soldier responded that there was no need, because ?We are above the law? and smashed the cell phone. (Source: B'Tselem) ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org e-mail: nyt@blythe.org ================================================================= nytact-04.18.02-17:14:04-31679