THE Israeli occupied West Bank is on the verge of open revolt.
This follows a new wave of repression by the military authorities as the ATaD West Bank continue to struggle for self-determination.
Discontent came to a head on Thursday 1 May when an unarmed 17-year old schoolboy was killed by Israeli officer in the small town of Anabta. The next day the Palestinian Liberation Organisation launched an attack on an illegal Jewish settlement in the town of Hebron, killing five Israelis.
The Israeli military followed this by a series of draconian Hebron was placed under curfew and mass house-to-house raids were launched. Faced with a general Israeli soldiers forced shops to stay OuCI and dispersed demonstrations including one of Arab schoolgirls - with gunfire.
Hoods On Saturday 3 May, three West Bank Arab leaders, including two mayors, were summariv deported. them, Mohammed Milhem, Mayor of Halhoul, has given an account of his treatment:
"There was a knock on my door at lam and an Israeli officer told me the military governor wanted to see me.
'He told me there was no need to take my car because I would be back home in minutes. When we arrived at the barracks two other officers took hold of me and escorted me to helicopter. cheatingly told that I was being taken to Tel Aviv to see the Minister of Defence. But then they put hoods over our heads and we flew for about three hours. All of a sudden, landed in southern Lebanon and we were escorted to a military checkpoint.? Arab CAIRO Sue strike Occupied by Israel km The neither been accused or found guilty of any crime. It was their support for Palestinian determination which has ed the Israeli authorities to punish them.
Meanwhile Israeli settlers in the West Bank are allowed to was exercise nervesE "law and order' have set up retaliation squads and rampaged through Arab areas. Two weeks Arab-owned cars in the towns of Ramallah and El Bireh were smashed as were windows in shops and houses.
The essential reason for the -Gaza rt Said Arish S. INAL P Sharm Sjeikh had conflict cupation of the West Bank by Israel, first seized in 1967. Even self- Hebrew Ha'aretz recently Causthis: "The excuse for the recent deterioration was the Jewish of Ramallah. at will. They deep regret deeper...the fatal flaw of rule by military ago repression leads to terror and terror to greater repression "The reality is that on the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip, one nation is trying to rule another against its will.' •Jordan Tel AVIV• Dead Sea ISRAEL is the continued ocforces show newspaper rebellion. admitted another of the : in the streets of Its roots, to our are much occupation where our country is free.
'The dead end.' ches, while the bureaucrats shed crocodile tears about the lack of unity. Amid this disgraceful division were large numbers of immigrant workers organised in their own con tingents, making up half the CFDT ranks and a third of the 40,000-strong CGT march.
Another new factor in French politics is the momentous call at the base of all the
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