Sharon wins the elections in Israel

Challenger Ariel Sharon has won the Israeli elections for the Prime minister on Tuesday.

Barak, on the other hand, refused to join a coalition government formed by Sharon and then he apologized for the Palestinian Arabs of the territories of 1948 over the killing of 12 Palestinians by the Israeli forces during the Intifada This was an attempt made by Barak to win the support of the Arab voters in the elections.

Meantime, Most Arabs seemed to have ignored the appeals made by Barak amidst a strict military blockade imposed by the Israeli occupation forces on towns and villages of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

News reports said that tension and anger mounted in different Palestinian areas. The Palestinian demonstrators denounced both election candidates, the resigned Prime minister Ehud Barak and the leader of the Likud party Ariel Sharon and described the latter as an assassin.

In Hebron, fierce clashed erupted between the palestinian stone- throwing youths and the Israeli forces in Shallakh m Bab al-Zaweyah and Bab ash Shuhadaa areas.

The youths threw stones and incendiary bombs at the Israeli soldiers in retaliation of their shots fired against a crowd of Palestinians.

Palestinian medical sources said 25 Palestinians were injured during Tuesday's confrontation broke into different part of the West bank especially in hebron.