U.S. volunteers escorting Palestinian children attacked

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http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/483300.html

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"Unidentified assailants attacked two American Christian volunteers who were escorting Palestinian schoolchildren on Wednesday morning near the settlement of Maon in the southern Hebron Hills area of the West Bank.

The assailants beat the volunteers and robbed them. The two were evacuated by Israeli ambulance to Soroka Medical Center in Be'er Sheva.

The attackers, numbering four or five, were dressed in black and wore masks. They spoke English and were carrying chains and clubs."

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"Both volunteers are affiliated with the Christian Peacemakers Teams, which escorts Palestinian schoolchildren living with their families in caves in the village of Tuba to their primary school in the village of Al-Tuwani, an approximately half-hour walk."

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1. wow -- that's sad

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2. Why do these Palestinian children need "escorting" by US Christians?

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3. From the article:

"... the schoolchildren are afraid to pass unescorted through the area because of what they describe as harrassment by area Jewish settlers."