One Palestinian killed, 39 wounded in a new breaking in for the Israeli forces into Ramullah
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 9/17/2001

The Israeli military escalation against the Palestinians continues and resulted in more killing and wounding among them.

Palestinian security sources said that the Palestinian youth Ali Khuder Jaber ( 26 year old) was killed and other 39 Palestinians were wounded when Israeli tanks and bulldozers broke into Ramullah on Sunday morning.

The sources admitted that tens of the Israeli tanks, escorted by the helicopter advanced from the western and southern sides and incurred into the city for half a kilometer distance, while firing its shells at the houses of the Palestinians and this resulted in cutting the electricity current supply.

In Hebron, ten Palestinians were wounded: two in Beit Jala and three in Nablus, while an old Palestinian woman died of a heart attack because of the Israeli bombardment against Toulkarem. One Palestinian died because of the wounds he had on Saturday evening after his car was shelled by an Israeli tank near Bethlehem.

Simultaneously, the Israeli forces reinforced its presence in all Palestinian cities and villages and arrested tens of Palestinian youths, while one Israeli settler was killed and another wounded when their car was exposed to fire in Ramout quarters in Jerusalem on Saturday. The al-Aqsa Intifada ( martyrs) movement claimed responsibility for the attack, noting that it is a reply to the continued Israeli aggressions.

Meantime, one explosive went off near " Shafi Shoumroun" settlement and resulted in wounding four settlers, whereas bombs were thrown at the Israeli positions near Rafah and near " Nister Hazzani" settlement.

The Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon set a precondition on Sunday that a time of 48 hours of complete calm in the occupied Palestinian territories to pass so that he will accept the convening of the meeting between the Israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres and the chairman of the Palestinian authority Yasser Arafat.

Sharon said before the Israeli Knesset that after 48 hours of complete calm Peres will be meeting with Arafat to work for discussing the cease- fire file and reaching an agreement of a time of 7-day of calmness which is the necessary precondition to implement the Mitchell plan and alleviate the siege imposed on the Palestinian people.

Sharon also set a precondition on that Arafat to declare suspension for the Israeli attacks on the occupied Palestinian territories.

Later in the day, Arafat announced readiness to meet with Peres at any time and place in order to give the peace process a push forward.

Following his meeting with the Greek foreign minister Arafat told journalists " we are ready to meet in Greece if this will boost the peace process." Arafat continued:" it was presumed that there will be a date for a meeting between us and Peres but the Israeli government canceled this meeting."

He stressed that the Palestinians are committed to any cease- fire with Israel- and they have announced that repeatedly, noting that while the Israelis say they want ceasing fire, they continue their air attacks against the Palestinians.

Meanwhile, the secretary of the Fatah movement in the West Bank Marwan al-Barghouthi said that the Palestinian Intifada will continue until the liberation of all occupied Palestinian territories. In a statement to the Qatari al-Jazira TV satellite station, al-Barghouthi added that " The Palestinian Authority had tried and announced cease fire during the past months, for many times, but the criminals in Tel Aviv continue their aggressions against the Palestinian people.

He indicated that Peres is a partner in the aggression against the Palestinians, noting that Sharon exploits the incidents in the USA to escalate its aggression against the Palestinian people and territories.

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