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[ Article reposted from van.general ]
[ Author was Brian Hauk ]
[ Posted on 18 Oct 1996 15:24:48 GMT ]

The Militant Labour Forum Presents:

			PALESTINIANS DEFEND NATIONAL RIGHTS
                               
Dozens Killed and Hundreds Wounded in Bloody Assault on Palestinian Protesters

On September 25th protests broke out in the West Bank after the new 
Israeli Likud government mounted a surprise operation to finish a disputed 
tunnel along the edge of Jerusalem's Temple Mount. That is where the 
al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock are located, one of the main 
worship sites for people of the Islamic faith around the world, and a symbol 
of the Palestinian struggle to regain sovereignty over East Jerusalem.

Palestinian youth hurled stones at Israeli troops with slingshots and used 
makeshift armor of steel trash cans on wheels to defend themselves. They 
stood their ground through hundreds of rounds of tear gas but were cut 
down under Israeli fire, most with rubber bullets and many others with live 
ammunition from M-16 assault rifles. Palestinian police then responded to 
the ongoing Israeli fire against unarmed civilians.

This is the first time since Tel Aviv occupied this Palestinian territory 
that it has had to battle a Palestinian fighting force that the Israeli 
regime has recognized, and to which it has ceded some governing authority.

	Why is it important for working people and youth to stand shoulder 
	to shoulder with the Palestinian people?

	Why can there be no peace in the Middle East as as long as the state 
	of Israel exists?

	
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