DATE=1/26/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-225831
TITLE=ISRAEL / ARRESTS (S)
BYLINE=MARK LAVIE
DATELINE=TEL AVIV
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: ISRAELI POLICE HAVE ARRESTED TWO PALESTINIANS THEY SAY
WERE PLANNING SUICIDE BOMB ATTACKS. MARK LAVIE IN TEL AVIV
REPORTS THE ARRESTS FOLLOWED A NATIONWIDE ALERT.
TEXT: ISRAELI POLICE SET UP ROADBLOCKS AFTER RECEIVING
INFORMATION ABOUT TWO CARS DRIVEN BY PALESTINIANS, ALLEGEDLY ON
THEIR WAY TO CARRY OUT BOMB ATTACKS IN JERUSALEM, POSSIBLY
MONDAY.
TRAFFIC WAS TIED UP ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, UNTIL THE TWO CARS WERE
FOUND AND THE PALESTINIANS ARRESTED.
YASSER ARAFAT'S PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY SAYS ITS SECURITY AGENCY
SUPPLIED THE INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION. THE PALESTINIANS SAY THE
TWO ARE MEMBERS OF THE EXTREMIST HAMAS ORGANIZATION.
FIVE MONTHS AGO, HAMAS EXTREMISTS CARRIED OUT TWO SUICIDE BOMB
ATTACKS IN THE MIDDLE OF JERUSALEM, KILLING 20 PEOPLE. BEFORE
WITHDRAWING FROM MORE WEST BANK TERRITORY, ISRAEL DEMANDS THAT
THE PALESTINIANS CRACK DOWN ON EXTREMISTS PLANNING TERROR ATTACKS
IN ISRAEL. THE PALESTINIANS SAY THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
(SIGNED)
NEB/ML/JWH
26-Jan-98 6:21 AM EST (1121 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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