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Israeli troops shoot peace campaigners
The Western Mail, April 3, 2002
COMEDIAN and writer Jeremy Hardy has described how four Britons marching
with a
group of multi-national peace campaigners were wounded after Israeli
soldiers
opened fire on them in the West Bank town of Beit Jala.
Around 200 protesters had set off yesterday from Bethlehem to the nearby
town
when they found their way blocked by armed forces who fired live rounds into
the ground and walls of buildings sending bullet shrapnel into the group.
Seven foreign nationals were treated in hospital for injuries. One, an
Australian woman, was kept in overnight after she was hit in the abdomen.
Mr Hardy, 40, who lives in London, said, "It was a peace march, just a
gesture
of solidarity with the Palestinians because Israeli soldiers have invaded
Beit
Jala and occupied some of their homes." He added the march had taken around
40
minutes and the violence erupted as they reached the town.
"It was a group of people from all different countries chanting and
singing,"
Mr Hardy said.
"As we approached a tank blocking the road, we all went quiet to show them
it
was a calm march."
He added that two members of the march, one of whom was Kunle Ibidun, a
Glaswegian now living in Bristol, approached the soldiers to try and
negotiate
but "they responded with live ammunition".
"The Israeli soldiers fired live rounds into the ground in front of them and
the fragments came up and hit Kunle injuring him in the chin, left elbow and
right arm," Mr Hardy said.
Other Britons hurt during the firing were James Budd from Ipswich who was
hit
in the head, Chris Dunham, from London, who was also wounded in the hand,
and
Bradford University student Aisa Kiuosue who was hit in the foot.
Americans Paul Larudee and Said Khalil were both hit in a foot and
Australian
Kate Irvin was wounded in the stomach and detained in hospital, Mr Hardy
said.
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