Israel Expels 2 of Nablus Militant's Kin to Gaza
The sister and brother of a Palestinian militant accused by Israel of organizing a suicide bombing were expelled today from the West Bank, in an Israeli armored vehicle that dropped them off on the dunes south of Gaza City.

The two, Intissar and Kifah Ajuri, accused of having helped their brother, Ali, engineer the attack, were sent to Gaza a day after the Israeli Supreme Court rejected their petition against the expulsion, a new Israeli tactic against suicide bombings that has been condemned by rights groups as collective punishment.

"There are no charges against us," said Intissar Ajuri, 34, who the Israelis say sewed an explosives belt. "If they had proof against me they would have put me on trial."

United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan called the expulsion a violation of international law. Yasir Arafat, the Palestinian leader, called it a "crime against humanity."

My daughter cried and said, `Take me with you,' " recalled Kifah Ajuri, 28, a house painter with three small children who was accused of serving as a lookout for his brother.

Given bottled water and about $200 in Israeli currency, the two were driven to the Gaza Strip and taken blindfolded to the dunes near the Israeli settlement of Netzarim, well away from journalists who had gathered at the Erez checkpoint, the main entry to the strip. Intissar Ajuri said, "We walked until we saw a farmer, and my brother talked to him so he would tell us where we were. We understood from him that we were in a very dangerous area near Netzarim, where four Palestinians were killed last week."

"Gaza is part of my homeland, but this does not justify tearing me away from my family to be deported to an area where I know nobody," Ms. Ajuri said. "My place is in Nablus."
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/05/international/middleeast/05MIDE.html