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to an eyewitness statement given to Al-Haq on august 24,2000 Mustafa
Abrahim ahmad mabad aged 29, was returning from work to his home located
in the khan al-Sultan neighbourhood in the Muslim quarter of Jerusalem's
old city. A group of Jewish settlers from the organization Aterot
Cohanim proceeded to block his way. The group of settlers beat him
with iron rods and sprayed tear gas in his eyes (leaving him unable to
defend him self). As a result of the beating, Ibrahim lost
consciousness. Ibrahim's brother intervened to stop the attack and
took his brother to Hadassah hospital where he remained unconscious for
over 24 hours. Ibrahim suffered from cracked bones in his forehead,
nose, and right cheek along with deep wounds and Lacerations.
Al-Haq views with concem such acts of violence and provocation perpetrated
by the Jewish settlers in Jerusalem's old city. Al-Haq calls upon
the Israeli authorities to conduct a fair and impartial investigation and
put an end to acts of settler lawlessness in territories still occupied by
the Israeli Authorities.
Moreover, Al-Haq remainds the states part to the fourth Geneva convention
of their duties to protect the Palestinian residents living under the
occupation.
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