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12 April 2003 -- 1:41PM US CST
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"NOT AGAIN": EYEWITNESS JOE SMITH WRITES
ABOUT THE KILLING OF TOM HURNDALL
Joe Smith, The Electronic Intifada, 12 April 2003

"[Tom and I] even had a conversation that day about the
dangers of this place, and how none of us really
understood them or we wouldn't be here. I said that I
still felt confident with my international status even
after the recent violence against us. I believed that it
was not a calculated targeting of internationals, just an
increased amount of recklessness and hostility brought on
by the increased effectiveness of our work. I said I
wouldn't really be intimidated until they openly target an
obvious international. Not until they very intentionally
kill one of us would I feel the terror experienced by
Palestinians. Fate works in mysterious ways." Joe Smith
writes from Rafah about Israel's killing of Tom Hurndall.

 http://electronicIntifada.net/v2/article1360.shtml



ISM RAFAH STATEMENT ON THE KILLING OF THOMAS HURNDALL
Statement, ISM Rafah, 12 April 2003

"Thomas Hurndall, a 21-year-old activist from London, UK
... was about to leave, when he noticed two small girls
still in front of the roadblock and in the line of fire.
He was moving to help them when an Israeli soldier in the
tower, about 300 meters in front of him, shot a high
calibre sniper bullet directly into his head. He was
wearing an orange fluorescent jacket with reflective
stripes, and was in full body view of the tower."

 http://electronicIntifada.net/v2/article1359.shtml



ISRAELI SOLDIER SHOOTS BRITISH ISM
ACTIVIST TOM HURNDALL IN GAZA
Press Release, ISM, 11 April 2003

Between 4:30 and 5:00 PM today Israeli snipers shot
another ISM activist in the head. Tom Hurndall from
Manchester Britain is currently in critical condition in
an Israeli hospital. He is 22 years old. According to
Laura, the activists were being shot at while protecting
some children from Israeli gunfire. Tom was in plain view
of the sniper towers and was wearing a bright orange
fluorescent jacket with reflective stripes. The nine ISM
activists and many children were in the process of leaving
the area. Sniper fire from the tower was hitting the wall
close beside the children, who were afraid to move. Tom
was attempting to bring them to safety when he was shot.
There was no shooting or resistance coming from the
Palestinian side at all.

 http://electronicIntifada.net/v2/article1358.shtml



PROTECTING PALESTINIAN FAMILIES IN RAFAH
Joe Smith, The Electronic Intifada, 11 April 2003

"Yesterday was marked by what I call a "mini action". We
very loudly moved into a house in which we will now have a
constant presence. It's a four-story building in the Rafah
neighborhood called Yibne, a refugee camp right on the
Egyptian border victim to significant amounts of shooting
and demolition. This house belongs to the Jaber family,
and contains around 35 people, four families with loads of
children. Its located right across from two Israeli
security towers, and an area where an Israeli tank often
sits." ISM activist Joe Smith writes from Rafah.

 http://electronicIntifada.net/v2/article1355.shtml



RELATED LINKS

* International Solidarity Movement website
 http://www.palsolidarity.org

* The Brian Avery shooting: When will we realise that there
can't be this many "accidents"? (5 April 2003)
 http://electronicIntifada.net/v2/article1336.shtml

* Photo story: Israeli bulldozer driver murders
American peace activist (16 March 2003)
 http://electronicIntifada.net/v2/article1248.shtml

* Increased targeting of International Solidarity
Movement (16 March 2003)
 http://electronicIntifada.net/v2/article1253.shtml

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