JERUSALEM: ISRAELI AUTHORITIES INCREASE SECURITY AROUND JERUSALEM BEFORE PALESTINE LAND DAY

Record ID: 400196

  • Title: JERUSALEM: ISRAELI AUTHORITIES INCREASE SECURITY AROUND JERUSALEM BEFORE PALESTINE LAND DAY
  • Date: 30th March 2004
  • Summary: (U3) WEST BANK AREA NEAR JERUSALEM (MARCH 30, 2004) (REUTERS) 1. WIDE OF ISRAELI ARMY ROAD BLOCK SET UP IN WEST BANK 0.04 2. SMV SOLDIER CHECKING IDENTIFICATION CARD OF PALESTINIAN MAN IN CAR 0.16 3. SMV SOLDIER STOPPING VAN 0.27 4. VARIOUS, SOLDIER STANDING ON JEEP, PAN TO SOLDIER IN JEEP 0.34 5. SLV SOLDIER CHECKING CAR OF
  • Embargoed: 14th April 2004 13:00
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  • Location: JERUSALEM
  • City:
  • Country: Israel
  • Reuters ID: LVA157F0PVG312B76E7PVWWQHGF5
  • Story Text: Israel tightens security ahead of Palestinian Land
    Day.



    Israel tightened its security in and around
    Jerusalem on Tuesday (March 30), ahead of Palestinian Land
    Day, fearing an increase of violence.

    Palestinians in the West Bank and inside Israel have
    marked Land Day since 1976, when Israeli forces killed six
    Palestinians in a demonstration against the land
    confiscation.

    Troops set up road blocks in West Bank areas leading to
    Jerusalem and police erected checkpoints in Jerusalem ahead
    of scheduled demonstrations in the West Bank, Gaza and
    Israel.

    Most of the protests are expected to take place in West
    Bank areas where Israel is building it's controversial
    barrier - a project that Israel says stops suicide bombers
    and Palestinians call a land grab.

    Israel fears that this year the commemoration of Land
    Day may turn violent after vows of revenge by Palestinian
    militant groups to attack Israeli targets following
    Israel's assassination last week of Hamas leader Sheikh
    Ahmed Yassin.


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