JAYYOUS: PALESTINIAN FAMILY ISOLATED BEHIND THEÝSEPARATIONÝWALL by ISM 4:53pm Sun Jul 27 '03 JAYYOUS: PALESTINIAN FAMILY ISOLATED BEHIND THEÝSEPARATIONÝWALL JAYYOUS: PALESTINIAN FAMILY ISOLATED BEHIND THE SEPARATION WALL CONTACTS: Jayyous peace activists: Adwan 067-48 71 45 Mahmoud 052 391 747 ISM: Michael--  055 420 627 Jews Against the Occupation: DavidÝ***Ý*µ*Ý*µ*** On July 28, there will be an action in Jayyous to deliver food to a Palestinian family cut off from the village by the security wall, called the "Apartheid Wall" by Palestinians, that is currently under construction by Israeli construction crews in the occupied West Bank. The family of Ali Ibrahim Abu Sharib is an eight-member Bedouin family who live just to the south of Jayyous.  They rely on access to the village for food, water, school for their children, and food supplies for their livestock. Their home lies within the West Bank, approximately three miles from the Green Line.  Until July 18, the family was able to walk across the construction site of the wall to get to the village of Jayyous, but on that day, razor wire and a chain link fence between their home and the village of Jayyous cut them off from the rest of the village, and the Sharib family became prisoners in their own home. On July 20, Palestinian peace activists from Jayyous and activists from the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), including activists from Boston To Palestine and Jews Against the Occupation, organized a visit to the Sharib family.  An attempt was made to walk across the path of the wall, but the activists were shot at by Israeli forces guarding the wall. Through a conversation shouted across the fence, the family told us they were suffering from a lack of food, water, medicine, and feeding supplies for their livestock, on which they rely for all their income. After that visit we planned along with the ISM a day of solidarity with this family. On July 21, we took with us food supplies for the family, and we were accompanied by members of the international news media. Our visit was successful, in spite of obstacles that we encountered from Israeli forces. We were able to give the food to the besieged family. From Jayyous, we call for all human rights organizations to address the plight of the isolated Sharib family. The mother of the family is diabetic, and her insulin supply has run out. One of her teenage sons has an eye problem and needs treatment. A Palestinian ambulance will attempt on July 26 to reach the family. ÝÝÝThe Sharib family is just one tragic example of the thousands of families who are being isolated from their villages and their farmland by Israel's Apartheid Wall that is cutting deep inside the West Bank. add your comments Source file

Addendum by David 5:04pm Sun Jul 27 '03 print comment Phone: 066 359 257 A Palestinian ambulance was able to reach the family July 26, and treat the mother's diabetes and burns, and her son's eye ailment was treated. But the family's situation remains dire. They have no access to clean water and thier food supplies are running low. add your comments

Addendum by David 5:04pm Sun Jul 27 '03 print comment Phone: 066 359 257 A Palestinian ambulance was able to reach the family July 26, and treat the mother's diabetes and burns, and her son's eye ailment was treated. But the family's situation remains dire. They have no access to clean water and thier food supplies are running low. add your comments

movbe them to town by goldberg 1:32am Mon Jul 28 '03 print comment ...are you activists leaving them there to suffer? are the pals. going to use these poor people for propabullshit? move them....are you so dense? or is it you really dont give a crap....you just want to make a point....go ahead move them to a town or village where they wii be more comfortable. add your comments

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