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