How long will these daily assaults on human existence be tolerated? The practice of arbitrary force and brutality is sadly the result of people "just doing their job." Soldiers following orders. Architects getting paid. Politicians playing politics. But who is to be held responsible, at the end? It seems, historically, this questions has had to be revisited, time and again. Why this seemingly "small" crime would initiate these ruminations on my part? You may know better. -rg

ISRAEL KIDNAPS 18-YEAR-OLD BOY HAVING HEARING AND SPEECH IMPAIRMENT

PIC
05/02/2009 - 01:19 PM

RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- The family of 18-year-old Palestinian young man
called Yousef See'ifan, having hearing and speech problems, said that
the Israeli occupation authority has been holding their son for more
than 10 days without revealing his fate.

The family added that their son suffers from hearing and language
impairment by 70 percent and was kidnapped as he was returning to
his home in the Shuyukh town coming from the nearby Ras Al-Arud area.

The family stated that the boy was not aware of the existence of
clashes between IOF troops and citizens because he could not hear
the voices of young men who were warning him of entering the area,
adding that Israeli soldiers physically assaulted him despite the
fact that some citizens told them about his medical condition.

The family noted that the IOA prevented the Red Cross lawyer from
visiting the boy and told him that See'ifan was hospitalized after
he had health problems.

The father of the kidnapped boy has been in Israeli jails for four
years and is the only breadwinner of a family of eight children.

In a new development, Palestinian sources reported that Israeli
settlers bulldozed the Palestinian land in the area of Mount Naqqar
in the Yasuf town, east of Salfit.

Eyewitness said that the settlers placed mobile caravans on the hill
of Mount Naqqar, adding that Israel continues to expand the industrial
area, west of Salfit, and build new factories.