Top Palestinian officials besieged by colonists

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"Stone-throwing colonists attack top Palestinian officials in a house in Hebron

* By Nasouh Nazzal, Correspondent
* Published: 18:17 January 5, 2011

Ramallah: Israeli colonists besieged top Palestinian officials in a house in the city of Hebron in the West Bank, hurling stones on the house.

The house owner and his family members were also stuck with them.

Hebron Governor Kamel Abu Hamid, Civil and Security Coordination chief Mohammad Khalaidah and other top officials from Hebron were surrounded in the house by the colonists, and until the time of filing this report were not allowed to leave the house.

The Palestinian officials reached the area of Tal Al Ramyda, at the centre of Hebron, close to an Israeli colony, and as they went to the house of the family of Abu Haikal, tens of colonists arrived at the scene and started hurling stones on the house calling the governor and other Palestinian officials as "terrorists".

Kamel Abu Hamid, told Gulf News in an interview that while he was under the siege of the colonists Israeli officials coordinated with the Palestinian delegation, which was even received by a top Israeli army officer.

He, however, said that the colonists never paid any attention to the coordination with the Israeli army.

Later several Israeli soldiers arrived at the scene but they were not able to bring the colonists under control.

The Israeli forces tried to make way for the exit of the Hebron Governor who refused to go alone, and insisted that his full delegation must leave the place together.

Kamel Abu Hamid doubted the sincerity of the Israeli Army in ending the siege of the house, saying that effort were still on to evict Palestinian officials."

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