Taba negotiations reached no positive results, Israel continues bombarding al-Beira
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 1/23/2001

As negotiations were resumed on Monday between the Palestinian and the Israeli sides and dealt with refugees issues and the questions of the borders, Jerusalem and Security, the Israeli occupation forces continued its attacks against the Palestinians and its siege of the West Bank and Gaza.

News reports from the Palestinian territories said the Israeli forces randomly attacked the houses of Palestinians in the surrounding of the northern entrance of al-Beira city, while the Israeli soldiers wounded several Palestinians in the confrontations which erupted on Sunday in Salwan town, Ramullah.

The Israeli forces detained several Palestinians after they broke into Deir Nizam village.

A Palestinian source said that the Israelis are concentrating in their attacks against Salwan as they had tried for three times to break into this town but received strong confrontation from its citizens.

The Israeli forces arrested three Palestinian youths at Shaafat camp to the north of Jerusalem after they threw explosives on the houses of the Israeli settlers.

Meantime, the Israeli forces tightened its pan military siege on the West Bank and Gaza and closed off the main road leading to Ghoushe settlement after finding two explosives and prevented the Palestinian workers who are under 35 year old from heading to their work places in the territories of 1948.

On the Palestinian side, the Palestinians of 1948 demonstrated off the Israeli ministry of justice in Jerusalem in protest of the Israeli court insults against the life of the Palestinians who have been killed deliberately at the hands of the Israeli settlers and soldiers.

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