At 4:00 pm on Saturday, September 3, settler boys in Hebron began to throw stones at two international women who were sitting on a small stoop playing with Palestinian children. One woman was hit in the hand and thigh.

These assaults are occuring every Saturday, as settler boys throw eggs and stones at Palestinian children on their way to school, forcing internationals from a variety of human rights organizations to escort the children and teachers.

This Saturday, one of the settler women suggested that they begin soaking rags in gasoline and throwing flaming rags at the children.

When the police were called in, settlers rushed down from their apartment and began throwing stones and large rocks at them. They also threw pipes and boulders off the top of the apartment complex and onto the houses below.

Two hours later, after shining mirrors in the faces of the police and military, they were finally convinced to go home.

Yesterday and today, the international women went to the police station to file a complaint and hand over video tapes of the boys who could be clearly identified throwing stones.

After the report was filed, one of the police said he could do nothing about the attacks. "Listen, the last time I went up there, they slit all four of my tires." Another police officer concurred that the settlers were out of control. "They broke my windshield."

For more information and for copies of the video tapes of the attacks and for other stories of settler violence please contact the ISM Media Office.