Uprising continues, 40 Palestinians wounded

The confrontations which were violent on Wednesday between the Palestinians and the Israeli forces in all parts of the West Bank and the Gaza strip resulted in wounding more than 40 Palestinians and the wounding of two Israeli soldiers.

Israeli officials called on the army to intensify its bombardment of the Palestinian, villages, towns and camps, while eye-witnesses said that the Israeli tanks renewed its bombardment of Beit Sahour town in the West Bank.

The chairman of the Israeli " Israel is our Home" Ivigdore Leiberman said that the hands of the Israeli army should be set to strike the Palestinians according to a plan " destroy the whole in order to eliminate the part."

Meantime, The mini- Israeli cabinet chaired by prime minister Ehud Barak on Wednesday discussed the plan intended to be carried out by the Israeli government to single out separately the Palestinian areas from Israel as well as the reports of the security sides and the military on current security conditions and means taken by the Israeli army to oppress the Palestinian uprising.

The chairman of the operation department Deyoura Eilon threatened to take tougher oppressive measures against the Palestinian demonstrators and his statements coincided with the Israeli military reinforcement in the West bank and the Gaza strip.

In the political scene, the US President Bill Clinton has called on each the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and the Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak to hold talks with him at the White House in Washington.

A Palestinian official said that Clinton urged Arafat and Barak to find out a solution and to put an end to the confrontations and acts of violence taking place in the occupied lands.