WEST BANK: A GROUP OF PROTESTERS IS PEPARING TO CAMP OUTSIDE PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT YASSER ARAFAT'S OFFICES IN RAMALLAH

Record ID: 347612

  • Title: WEST BANK: A GROUP OF PROTESTERS IS PEPARING TO CAMP OUTSIDE PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT YASSER ARAFAT'S OFFICES IN RAMALLAH
  • Date: 3rd February 2002
  • Summary: RAMALLAH, WEST BANK (FEBRUARY 3, 2002) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. ISRAELI ARMOURED VEHICLES AND TRENCHES IN FRONT OF PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT YASSER ARAFAT'S OFFICES 0.08 2. SLV ISRAELI SOLDIERS AND DEMONSTRATORS NEXT TO ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIER 0.11 3. LV SMOKE FROM TEAR GAS CANISTERS SPREADING AROUND FOREIGN DEMONSTRATORS PROTESTING ISRAELI
  • Embargoed: 18th February 2002 12:00
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  • Location: RAMALLAH, WEST BANK
  • City:
  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Reuters ID: LVADO5TSRRPXUZT7TKIPNNGW3DFD
  • Story Text: A group of protesters is preparing to camp outside
    Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's offices in Ramallah
    claiming that the path to peace can only begin when Israel
    ends its occupation in the territories and lifts blockades.



    Protesters on Sunday (February 3) prepared to camp
    outside President Yasser Arafat's offices in Ramallah for the
    next three days.

    Arafat, who has been confined to his West Bank office by
    Israeli tanks, is under international pressure to end militant
    attacks on Israel. The protesters say they want the blockade
    against him lifted Israeli occupation to end.

    Clashes erupted briefly between Israeli troops and the
    protesters, but it did not appear to affect their resolve as
    the demonstrators continued to erect tents for the nights
    ahead.

    "We are putting up a tent here for three days and three
    nights which we will maintain and international civilians are
    invited to come join us. Palestinians are invited to come join
    us so we stand together to send our message out to the
    Israelis, our respective governments and the world that the
    occupation is the source of the violence in the region and
    violence will only bring more violence," said one
    demonstrator.

    Hopes of a quick breakthrough to end 16 months of
    Israeli-Palestinian violence remain slim, despite meetings
    between Israeli and Palestinian officials in the past few
    days. More than 1,000 people have been killed in the violence
    so far.

    Arafat said in remarks published by the New York Times on
    Sunday he was ready to talk peace with any Israeli leader and
    vowed to put an end to what he called "terrorist" attacks on
    Israeli civilians. But an Israeli spokesman has dismissed
    Arafat's remarks as a "PR stunt".




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