VARIOUS: JEWISH SETTLERS AND PALESTINIANS CLASH IN HEBRON/ PEACE TALKS CONTINUE AT CAMP DAVID.

Record ID: 350388

  • Title: VARIOUS: JEWISH SETTLERS AND PALESTINIANS CLASH IN HEBRON/ PEACE TALKS CONTINUE AT CAMP DAVID.
  • Date: 16th July 2000
  • Summary: RAMALLAH (JULY 15, 2000) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. TV: PALESTINIAN PROTEST TENT 0.03 2. GV/GV/PAN: SIGN IN ARABIC SAYING WE STAND UNITED AGAINST THE ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS/ PEOPLE SIGNING PETITIONS AT THE TENT (2 SHOTS) 0.15 GAZA (JULY 15, 2000) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 3. GV/MV: PALESTINIANS WITH BANNERS STANDING IN SUPPORT OF PALESTI
  • Embargoed: 31st July 2000 13:00
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  • Location: GAZA, HEBRON AND RAMALLAH, WEST BANK/ CAMP DAVID, MARYLAND, UNITED STATES
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  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Reuters ID: LVA1WH0021MFV4LCLSDHT7NMFTUN
  • Story Text: Hundreds of Palestinians have marched in support of the
    Palestinian Middle East peace delegation at Camp David, urging
    their leaders not to compromise on so-called 'red lines'
    including Jerusalem and the return of refugees.

    Later, violent scuffles broke out between Jewish settlers and
    Palestinians in Hebron. Twenty people, including three
    journalists, were injured.



    Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets of Gaza
    and the West Bank town of Ramallah on Saturday (July 15) to
    show support for the Palestinian Middle East peace delegation
    at Camp David.

    Dozens of Palestinians in Ramallah declared their support
    for Palestinian President Yasser Arafat who has announced he
    intends to establish an independent state by the end of the
    year with Jerusalem as its capital -- with or without a deal
    with Israel.

    "Return is a holy right for refugees", chanted
    demonstrators in Gaza. Members of Arafat's Fatah Shabiba youth
    group gave out leaflets in Gaza City calling for a firm stand.

    Around 700,000 Palestinians fled, or were forced to leave
    their villages, during the 1948 war when Israel was created.

    Their numbers have since swollen to about four million, many
    of whom are living in camps and settlements in the West Bank,
    Gaza and throughout the Arab states.

    Israel says it will not assume responsibilty for
    displacing the refugees but has said it will take part in a
    fund that will compensate them.

    Israeli and Palestinian negotiators are in the midst of
    talks at Camp David near Washington, aimed at securing a final
    peace before a September 13 deadline that will settle thorny
    issues including the fate of Jerusalem.

    Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has been fighting a
    domestic political battle with hardline right-wing members of
    the Knesset (parliament), who say they will block any attempts
    to return the lands to Palestinians.

    But the Israeli leader has been given backing by many
    left-wing groups including the peace activist group Gush
    Shalom, which demands the end to the Jewish expansion into
    Arab neighbourhoods.

    Gush Shalom supporters on Saturday held a protest at Abu
    Dis, a community in East Jerusalem which the Israeli
    parliament voted in May to hand back to Palestinian control.

    Barak later that month delayed the transfer after
    violence broke out in the West Bank between Israeli police and
    Palestinians demonstrating to mark the 52nd anniversary of
    what they call the "Nakba" or "catastrophe" of Israel's
    creation.

    Ori Avnery, leader of the Gush Shalom movement said their
    presence was intended to "send a message to Yasser Arafat and
    Ehud Barak to reach an agreement based on Jerusalem as two
    capitals to two states."
    And Palestinians and Jewish settlers scuffled in the West
    Bank town of Hebron on Saturday, as their leaders negotiated
    thousands of miles from the hotspot on a peace deal due by
    mid-September.

    Witnesses said seven Palestinians, including three
    journalists, were taken to hospital after being attacked by
    hardline settlers. More than twenty other Palestinians were
    injured but not hospitalised.

    The Israeli army said it was not aware of any casualties,
    but said it appeared trouble broke out after a Palestinian
    youth attempted to kiss a settler. Police were investigating.


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