Susan - Ambulance runs, Missing persons, Re-invasion

Qalqilya, West Bank

Monday August 12th, 2002 (to Ken by phone)

Our group is now down to 6 people.  Two Americans and one

Spaniard have now headed back to their home countries.  But

we expect a few new ISM arrivals, shortly.

We are continuing our check point watches, home visits, and

round-the-clock ambulance accompaniments.  I went on three

Qalqilya-Nablus runs today.

I also visited a family whose son was arrested on the first night

of the recent re-invasion.  They still had no information about

where he is being held.  I was able to put them in touch with a

Palestinian coordinator who told them what jail he was in; he

also told about a human rights organization and how to contact

them.

Tomorrow, Garrick and I will pay a short visit to Jerusalem in

order to participate in a meeting to evaluate the Freedom

Summer campaign.  Participants will include Rapprochement

Center representatives, ISM coordinators, and some

internationals who have been with the campaign for

substantial periods of time.

Hold on. 1:26 A.M. The IOF has just entered the main road--looks

like another re-invasion night.  The first group included a tank, a

jeep, and an APC.  Then another group followed--a tank, an

armored vehicle, and an APC.

We went out on the street and watched one of the tanks roll by.

Correction Note--re last report (8/8-8/11)

This report contained a line of misinformation.  The military

actions in Qalqilya on one of those nights certainly did include

home disruptions and arrests.  But home demolitions were

mentioned in the report and this was incorrect4there were no

home demolitions that night.

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Susan is part of a BostontoPalestine (www.bcpr.org) delegation

to the International Solidarity Movement's  Freedom Summer

campaign (www.palsolidarity.org).