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ISRAEL: PROTESTS OVER ISRAELI CRACKDOWN ON PALESTINIANS CONTINUE

(12 Mar 1996) English/Nat Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat says he'll be seeking support at the anti-terrorism summit in Egypt for the lifting of the Israeli blockade on Palestinian territories. His spokesman also warned that differences between the Israeli and Palestinian authorities had to be settled if the terrorists are to be beaten. Protests against the Israeli crackdown on Palestinians continue in the West Bank. Ramallah is one of the five villages in the West Bank where Palestinians took to the streets Tuesday. They were demanding peace; asking for the end of violence and protesting against the restrictions Israel imposed on them following the string of suicide bombs in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. "From Bethlehem to Jenin, long live the Palestinian State," says this woman. In Bethlehem the demonstrators tried to enter Rachel's tomb, the part of the city controlled by the Israeli police but Palestinian police stopped them. Not many vehicles can pass through checkpoints like this, in the Gaza Strip border. Since the 25 February, 2 (m) million Palestinians have been kept out of Israel. U-N officials say about 80-thousand Palestinians are unemployed as a result. With each breadwinner supporting an average of 11 people, nearly 900-thousand people are directly affected by the restrictions The closure is also causing food shortages. For the sake of peace, Palestinians say it must end. SOUNDBITE: (English) The PA (Palestinian Authority) is fighting terrorism and Hamas and the Israelis are fighting the PA and our Palestinian people. It's not going to work this way. SUPER CAPTION: Marwan Kanafani, Arafat's spokesman For they say they are making a real effort to crack down on Hamas terrorists in the West Bank and also in Gaza. Palestinian police in Betlehiya, in the Gaza strip, searched a house thought to belong to Hamas activists. Israel lifted the siege for 12 hours on Monday in the West Bank to allow Palestinians to buy food, but the Israelis said restrictions on Gaza will not ease until Arafat has crushed Hamas. SOUNDBITE: They are trying to squeeze us, and they continue this collective punishment against all our people, against all our workers, against all our children, against all our families SUPER CAPTION: Yasser Arafat, Palestinian President Arafat now hopes to win support for the easing of the Israeli clamp down when he meets other world leaders at the anti-terrorism summit in Egypt. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...