CPT - Joe Carr

CPTnet
September 29, 2004

HEBRON DISTRICT: CPTers Kim Lamberty and Chris Brown badly injured by
settlers in the south Hebron hills

At about 7:15am on the morning of Wednesday September 29, 2004 settlers
attacked Christian Peacemaker Team members Chris Brown and Kim Lamberty as
they accompanied children to school. The children, from the village of Tuba, have experienced harassment from settlers in the past as they to school in the village of al-Tuwani.

The five settlers, dressed in black and wearing masks, came from an outpost
of the nearby Ma'on settlement and attacked Brown and Lamberty with a chain
and bat. All of the children escaped injury by running back to their homes.

The settlers pushed Brown to the ground, whipped him with a chain and kicked
him in the chest, which punctured his lung. They kicked and beat Lamberty's
legs. She is not able to walk because of an injury to her knee and has a
broken arm. The settlers also stole Lamberty's waistpack, which held her
passport, money and cellular phone.

Lamberty and Brown were taken by ambulance to Soroka hospital in Beer Sheva
for treatment. Hebron Team Support person, Rich Meyer, reports that the two
CPTers told him they are receiving excellent care from Israeli doctors.

Children from four small Palestinian villages walk to a central school in
the village of al-Tuwani. Because settlers have harassed the children since
school began in September, and the Israeli police would not intervene to
prevent the attacks, the villagers have sought the protection of
international accompaniment. A coalition comprising Christian Peacemaker
Teams, the Israeli group Tayush and members of Operation Dove, (an Italian
Christian organization that undertakes accompaniment work similar to CPT's
work), set up a presence in the village of al-Tuwani beginning on September
12, 2004. The three groups initially committed themselves to six weeks of
accompaniment after members of these organizations witnessed settler attacks
on children each time they made exploratory visits to the area.

Christian Peacemaker Teams, Operation Dove and Tayush plan to continue
accompanying children to school in al-Tuwani.

Journalists wishing more information may call Hebron Team Supporter person
Rich Meyer at 574-202 3920.

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CPTnet
September 29, 2004

HEBRON DISTRICT: Updates on Brown and Lamberty's injuries and al-Tuwani
accompaniment project

Since the settler attack on Chris Brown and Kim Lamberty this morning,
Lamberty has been released from the Soroka hospital in Beer Sheva. She
received treatment for a broken arm and a broken knee and is recovering at
the home of CPT reservists Paul Pierce and Kathy Kamphoefner in Jerusalem.
CPTer Christina Gibb is also with her.

Brown, whom the settlers beat with a bat and chains, remains in the
hospital. He sustained broken ribs from the attack. One punctured his lung,
for which he required surgery. He suffered a contusion to his temple, but
doctors have now ruled out a brain injury.

Various articles written about the attack on Brown and Lamberty have made
point of saying that they "claim" their attackers were settlers, but could
not say for certain, since their attackers were masked. For some reason,
the BBC internet news reported on the incident under the headline "Jewish
settlers 'attack' US workers" and illustrated the article with a picture of
a screaming settler woman lying on the ground with her baby.

The Jerusalem Post interviewed Lamberty and noted that she heard the
attackers say "take her phone" in English when they spotted her trying to
call for help after they finished with her and moved on to Brown. The
police told the Jerusalem Post that they believed the attacks were a
robbery, even though the settlers took nothing from Brown, and only took
Lamberty's waistpack after she tried to call for help.

Noting that the attackers carried bats, Rabbi Arik Asherman, Director of
Rabbis for Human rights told the Jerusalem Post, "I don't know how many
Palestinian baseball teams there are in that area. It is quite clear that
the attackers were settlers."

The Post concludes its article with "Settlers from Maon and its satellite
outposts are among the more ideological and sometimes radical of the
settlement movement."

The school accompaniment project in al-Tuwani village was organized by the
Israeli group Ta'ayush, the Italian group, Operation Dove and Christian
Peacemaker Teams. Volunteers from Ta'ayush and Operation Dove will accompany
school children along with the remaining CPTers tomorrow.

The following are links to various articles about the attack on Lamberty and
Brown

> Jerusalem Post - http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/index.html?ts=1099249878
> Ha'aretz (which contains a picture of Chris Brown in his Beer Sheva hospital
bed) - http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/483300.html
> The Palestinian Information Center - http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/am/publish/article_8225.shtml