WEST BANK/JERUSALEM: SEVERAL PEOPLE INJURED AFTER HEAVY CLASHES BETWEEN ISRAELI BORDER POLICEMEN AND DEMONSTRATORS AGAINST THE WEST BANK BARRIER / ISRAELI PM SHARON SENDS CONDOLENCES TO VICTIMS OF MADRID TERROR BOMBINGS

Record ID: 566255

  • Title: WEST BANK/JERUSALEM: SEVERAL PEOPLE INJURED AFTER HEAVY CLASHES BETWEEN ISRAELI BORDER POLICEMEN AND DEMONSTRATORS AGAINST THE WEST BANK BARRIER / ISRAELI PM SHARON SENDS CONDOLENCES TO VICTIMS OF MADRID TERROR BOMBINGS
  • Date: 14th March 2004
  • Summary: (W4) MEDIA, WEST BANK (MARCH 14, 2004) (REUTERS) 1. VARIOUS OF BULLDOZERS AT SITE OF BARRIER CONSTRUCTION (2 SHOTS) 0.13 2. VARIOUS OF PALESTINIAN VILLAGERS HURLING STONES AT ISRAELI POLICEMEN; TEAR GAS FIRED AT DEMONSTRATORS (2 SHOTS) 0.26 3. ISRAELI BORDER POLICEMAN AIMING RIFLE AT CROWD OF DEMONSTRATORS AT BARRIER CONSTRUCTION SITE 0.32 4. VARIOUS OF VILLAGERS SCUFFLING WITH BORDER POLICEMEN 0.39 5. TEAR GAS BEING THROWN AT CROWD OF DEMONSTRATORS 0.47 6. VARIOUS OF TEAR GAS DISPERSING CROWD, SOUND OF GUNFIRE (2 SHOTS) 1.00 7. SOLDIER SCUFFLING WITH PALESTINIAN WOMAN; WOMAN THROWING STONE AT BULLDOZER; SOLDIER FIRING IN AIR 1.13 8. WIDE OF BULLDOZER WITH WOMAN AND SOLDIER IN BACKGROUND 1.14 9. VARIOUS OF SCUFFLES BETWEEN BORDER POLICEMEN AND PALESTINIAN PROTESTORS 1.21 10. ISRAELI SOLDIERS FIRING AT CROWD 1.25 11. VARIOUS OF CROWD GATHERING AROUND BULLDOZER; MORE OF SOLDIERS FIRING AT CROWD (2 SHOTS) 1.42 12. GROUP OF PALESTINIANS DEMONSTRATING 1.52 13. SOLDIERS FIRING AT DEMONSTRATORS; PALESTINIANS HURLING STONES AT ISRAELI MILITARY JEEPS; JEEPS DRIVING AWAY; PALESTINANS CHEERING (2 SDHOTS) 2.25 (U3) JERUSALEM (MARCH 14, 2004) (REUTERS) 14. ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER ARIEL SHARON ENTERING MEETING 2.29 15. (SOUNDBITE) (Hebrew) SHARON SAYING "Good morning, I want to open this meeting by expressing our condolences to the people in Spain, after many victims died as a result of a cruel terror act. These acts, that repeat themselves, teach us something we have already known in Israel for many years, there is no compromise with terror. There could not be a situation in which we compromise with terror. Terror must be fought and the struggle against terror must not be stopped. This is Israel's stance. I hope that the world is awakening and now understands that we should all gather together to act against terror. Once again, on behalf of all of us here, I want to express our condolences to Spain and it's people." 3.50 16. VARIOUS OF MINISTERS ATTENDING CABINET 4.01 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 29th March 2004 13:00
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  • Location: MEDIA, WEST BANK; JERUSALEM
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  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Reuters ID: LVACDKTDWAUXOSNQLOTY1K0DM47A
  • Story Text: Several wounded in fierce clashes at West Bank
    barrier.


    Several people have been injured in heavy clashes on
    Sunday (March 14, 2004) between Israeli border policemen
    and demonstrators against the West Bank barrier.

    Fierce clashes erupted in the West Bank village of
    Media after a few hundred demonstrators attempted to
    prevent bulldozers from digging up land Palestinians seek
    for a future state.

    Israeli border policemen fired rubber bullets and tear
    gas to disperse the stone-throwing crowd of Palestinian
    villagers and Israeli peace activists. At least one Israeli
    and one Palestinian were reported wounded in the
    confrontation.

    Israel says it needs the barrier to keep Palestinian
    militants out, Palestinians call it a land grab.

    The massive network of wires and cement is part of
    Sharon's plan to be presented in an upcoming visit to
    Washington.

    Sharon is attempting to win Washington's backing to
    remove Jewish settlements and possibly withdraw troops from
    the Gaza Strip should the U.S.-backed peace "road map"
    remain stalled.

    The Israeli Prime Minister convened the weekly cabinet
    meeting in Jerusalem on Sunday hours ahead of a scheduled
    meeting between top aides to Sharon and Palestinian Prime
    Minister Ahmed Qurie to pave the way for a long-awaited
    meeting between the two leaders on how to restart peace
    talks.

    In his opening remarks, Sharon expressed his
    condolences to the people of Spain and said the Madrid
    attacks showed that 'there is no compromise with terror.'
    "Good morning, I want to open this meeting by
    expressing our condolences to the people in Spain, after
    many victims died as a result of a cruel terror act. These
    acts, that repeat themselves, teach us something we have
    already known in Israel for many years, there is no
    compromise with terror. There could not be a situation in
    which we compromise with terror. Terror must be fought and
    the struggle against terror must not be stopped. This is
    Israel's stance. I hope that the world is awakening and now
    understands that we should all gather together to act
    against terror. Once again, on behalf of all of us here, I
    want to express our condolences to Spain and it's people,"
    he said.

    Israel wants U.S. support for annexing West Bank
    settlement blocs in return for evacuating Gaza in
    unilateral moves, political sources said on Friday
    (March 12).

    Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says his
    "disengagement plan" aims to defuse conflict. Palestinians
    say it would strip them of land they seek for a viable
    state under a U.S.-backed "road map" peace plan sidelined
    by persistent violence.


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