Word: gaza
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...intifadeh lives. Last week, eight months after the Palestinian uprising first exploded in the occupied territories, yet another two-day general strike shut down businesses in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Curfews were again clamped on restive towns and refugee camps, accompanied by more roadblocks, stonings, riots and tear gas. Another ten Palestinians were killed by Israeli soldiers, raising the count of total dead since last December to more than...
With the intifadeh running in a lower gear, large-scale demonstrations and riots have given way to smaller, though just as lethal, clashes between Palestinian activists and Israeli army patrols across the West Bank and Gaza. Some of the confrontations are initiated by "striking forces," groups of young men organized in nearly every Palestinian community. Instead of waiting for spontaneous outbursts, they mount hit-and-run raids designed to keep Israeli soldiers on edge. Other confrontations result from provocations by the army and by the Israeli policy of harsh reaction to the slightest sign of rebellion. Says a senior officer...
...long-simmering Palestinian revolt against Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza heated up again last week, as protesters engaged in the worst rioting of the summer. In Jerusalem a funeral procession for a 16-year-old allegedly slain by Israeli security forces erupted into a confrontation between rock-hurling rioters and police using live ammunition. As a series of riots swept through Nablus, Jenin and Shuyukh, at least seven more Palestinians were killed. Many were protesting an Israeli decision to end the school year a month early...
...that has exploded in Israel since December. Rioting Palestinians in the occupied territories have been stoning Israeli soldiers, and the soldiers have been fighting back -- with much of the action flashing on television screens around the world. Although the violence has been largely limited to the West Bank and Gaza, many potential tourists see a country clouded by tear gas and moral ambiguities and are choosing to stay away. Tourism since April is 24% lower than in the same quarter last year. Hundreds of charter flights have been scrubbed and the Nabucco extravaganza canceled; hotels stand half empty...
...their coverage of the conflict. Argues Minister of Tourism Avraham Sharir: "The bad publicity we are receiving is scaring people from coming here, especially from North America." Sharir says he has lodged a complaint with the U.S. State Department about its travel advisory on the West Bank and Gaza, warning U.S. citizens "to avoid travel to these areas until further notice...