TENSIONS RISE AS SETTLERS URGE PROTEST, TROOPS CLASH WITH<br /> WOMEN <br />


TENSIONS RISE AS SETTLERS URGE PROTEST, TROOPS CLASH WITH
WOMEN

  • 19-01-1996 15:50:00   | Armenia  |  World News
HEBRON, West Bank, Jan 19 (AFP-NT) - Jewish settlers on Thursday called for a demonstration on the day of Palestinian elections, as Israeli troops clashed with Arab women protesters, raising tensions in this flashpoint town. Soldiers detained a Palestinian journalist and fired shots in the air during the protest to demand the release of prisoners in Israeli jail. But Israel and the PLO, meanwhile, agreed on final details for Saturday's vote in Hebron, the only West Bank town not to have been handed over to the Palestinian Authority, because of the presence of 400 settlers. "We are not going to interfere in these elections, in these discussions between terror gangs, we want no provocation, we want nothing to do with it," settlers' spokesman Noam Arnon said. AFP /AA1234/181525 GMT JAN 96
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