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...turmoil had seldom been tenser on so many fronts for so many reasons. A general strike of protest against the Jerusalem shooting incident was in effect for a day in much of the Arab world and for the rest of the week in most of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem. By the end of the week, at least 70 Palestinians had been wounded by Israeli bullets; four Israeli soldiers and twelve civilians had been injured by Arab stones. In Gaza, a seven-year-old boy died from the effects of an Israeli bullet wound...
...Arab refugee camps in the occupied territories quickly became centers of protest; no fewer than six were placed under total curfew as a result of violent demonstrations. In the Jubaliya camp outside Gaza City, six youths were wounded by gunfire. At the Deheisheh camp near Bethlehem, a grenade was hurled at a military vehicle. No Israeli was injured, but in the subsequent melee seven Arabs were wounded by gunfire. At a girls' school in Ramallah, a 16-year-old student was shot in the hip. In Gaza City and Rafah, scenes of the most violent rioting, huge rocks were hurled...
After a day of rioting, the entire city of Rafah (pop. 80,000) in the Gaza Strip was placed under curfew by Israeli authorities. When East Jerusalem's Supreme Muslim Council called for a protest march to the Temple Mount, Israeli riot police and troops moved in and arrested 32 of the leaders before the marchers had taken ten steps. Shaking with fury, a prominent East Jerusalem resident, Anwar Nusseibeh, declared: "The transgression on the Temple Mount was not against us; it was against the values of everyone who believes in God. All we intended to do today...
...days, the P.L.O. would get so much international support that it would have embassies in London and Paris within a month. Although some of the officers in his Fatah organization believe the P.L.O. should act immediately to support the continuing unrest in the West Bank and Gaza, Arafat seemed determined to hold out against those who were pressing for action...
This shocking act of violent desecration touched off a new wave of protests in the occupied areas of the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem. Last month, four Arabs and one Israeli died in clashes between Palestinians and Israeli troops. During the latest demonstrations, an eight year-old Arab boy has already been killed, and 30 other people have been injured. The Supreme Muslim Council of East Jerusalem led a successful general strike by Arabs, and throughout the Arab world there have been strikes and demonstrations to express Arab unity and solidarity with the occupied people...