DATE=12/17/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-243167
TITLE=PALESTINIANS / IRAQ (S UPDATE)
BYLINE=DAVID GOLLUST
DATELINE=JERUSALEM
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: PALESTINIANS STAGED RALLIES OF SUPPORT FOR IRAQ IN THE
WEST BANK AND GAZA AND SOME LED TO CLASHES WITH ISRAELI SECURITY
FORCES. V-O-A'S DAVID GOLLUST IN JERUSALEM REPORTS PALESTINIAN
SOURCES SAID A 19-YEAR-OLD PALESTINIAN WAS SHOT TO DEATH NEAR THE
WEST BANK TOWN OF RAMALLAH.
TEXT: THERE WERE PRO-IRAQ MARCHES AND DEMONSTRATIONS IN GAZA AND
IN SEVERAL TOWNS IN THE WEST BANK, INCLUDING BETHLEHEM WHERE
AMERICAN FLAGS WERE BURNED AT A RALLY ONLY TWO DAYS AFTER
PRESIDENT CLINTON WAS WARMLY RECEIVED THERE.
OFFICIALS OF THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY AVOIDED DIRECT CRITICISM
OF MR. CLINTON, BUT EXPRESSED SOLIDARITY WITH THE IRAQI PEOPLE
AND URGED AN END TO HOSTILITIES. AMONG THEM WAS CABINET MEMBER
AND CHIEF NEGOTIATOR SAEB EREKAT:
/// EREKAT ACTUALITY ///
WE DEMAND AN IMMEDIATE CESSATION OF THESE STRIKES
AGAINST IRAQ. WE BELIEVE THAT ONLY THROUGH PEACEFUL
MEANS CAN SUCH PROBLEMS BE SOLVED.
/// END ACT ///
PALESTINIAN LEADER YASSER ARAFAT, WHO OPENLY SIDED WITH BAGHDAD
DURING THE GULF WAR, AVOIDED COMMENT ON THE NEW ATTACKS BUT A
SPOKESMAN URGED AN ARAB SUMMIT TO SEEK AN END TO THE AIR STRIKES.
(SIGNED)
NEB/DAG/JWH
17-Dec-98 11:20 AM EST (1620 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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