In the Balata Refugee Camp today a rally against the Israeli occupation which was also fueled by last nights raid against Arafat's office in Ramallah by the Israeli Occupation Force turned what was a peaceful event headed by Six internationals and local refugee residents into funeral procession.

At approximately 12:30 pm on Sunday September 22, 2002 ISM international activists were marching in the camp joined by local refugee residents and local ISMers marched towards the well known old building of the Balata Refugee Camp. AS the protest proceeded towards the old building an APC headed towards the protestors and shot twice directly into the crowd of people. One bullet took the life of a local 14 year old ISM Balata volunteer Baha' Al-Bahsh, and at 3:30 pm locals led his funeral procession to his burial site.

Baha' was a nonviolent peace activist who helped ISMers since a long time. Israel has killed him like many others with a cold blood. We condemn the killing of Baha' by the Israeli Occupation forces and call upon all the Peace movements and the Human Rights organizations to support the Palestinian people to stop the Israeli aggression and the violation of human rights. The Israeli Army has passed all the limits of morality and has proven day by day that it is an army of murderers, led by a butcher called Areil Sharon who is a prime minister to a state that is fully supported by the USA that claims that it will eliminate terrorism from the world at the time they are feeding it through supporting Israel.