West Bank Palestinians Suffering from Widespread Violence, CW Activist Reports
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West Bank Palestinians Suffering from Widespread Violence, CW Activist Reports

Cassandra Dixon, the Wisconsin Catholic Worker who has been visiting Palestine for 15 years, describes the deteriorating situation for her friends in Masafer Yatta, a region in the southern West Bank, where communities face forced removal, violent settler attacks, arbitrary arrests, theft, and the restriction of their movement.

Israeli Court Hears Testimony in Assault on CW Activist; Trial to Resume in November
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Israeli Court Hears Testimony in Assault on CW Activist; Trial to Resume in November

In this note from Israel, Cassandra Dixon (Mary House CW, Oxford, Wisconsin) reports on the September 6 court hearing regarding her assault by an Israeli settler. The settler’s lawyers interrogated doctors and rejected hospital reports in an attempt to downplay the severity of the assault, Dixon says, and the judge ejected her human rights lawyer from the courtroom. The next hearing in the case is scheduled for November 2.

Dixon Hopes Israeli Settler’s Trial Draws Attention to Attacks on Palestinians
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Dixon Hopes Israeli Settler’s Trial Draws Attention to Attacks on Palestinians

“These settlers act with impunity because Israel has impunity in the world, and they have that because of the U.S.,” Cassandra Dixon (Mary House CW) says. She hopes the September 7 trial of the Israeli settler who attacked her might help to change that.

Dixon Hopes to Return to Israel for Trial of Settler Who Attacked Her
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Dixon Hopes to Return to Israel for Trial of Settler Who Attacked Her

Cassandra Dixon of Mary House of Hospitality was seriously harmed by an Israeli settler on March 7 while she and an Italian observer were in the hills outside of Hebron near a village called Tuba. On April 26, she issued the following update to CatholicWorker.org.

Catholic Worker Seriously Injured by Israeli Settlers
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Catholic Worker Seriously Injured by Israeli Settlers

Cassandra Dixon of Mary House of Hospitality was seriously harmed by an Israeli settler on March 7 while she and an Italian observer were in the hills outside of Hebron near a village called Tuba. Both were volunteers with Operazione Colomba (Operation Dove), the “nonviolent Peace Corps” of the Pope John XXIII community based in Italy, She issued the following statement.