The New York Times · 31 March 1988

CP-1988-136

4 Palestinians Die in Day of Protest Against Israel

By FRANCIS X. CLINES

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SAKHNIN, Israel, March 30 — Four Palestinians were shot to death by Israeli forces in the occupied territories today as Arabs staged a widespread protest strike despite heightened security. Israeli officials said that at least 70 other people were wounded, mostly by gunfire, in clashes with Israeli soldiers and police officers.

The clashes occurred as Arabs observed Land Day, the commemoration of the killing of six Palestinian Arabs in northern Israel 12 years ago in protests over land seizures by Israel. In addition to the protests in the occupied territories, Arab citizens of Israel held their own demonstrations and marches to mark Land Day.

There was also a nationwide Arab sympathy strike, pledging solidarity with the Palestinians who were sealed off in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip by special three-day curfews and border controls. The gatherings in Israel were peaceful. Israel put thousands of extra policemen and soldiers on duty for Land Day.

It also shut down for six months the Arab-owned Palestine Press Service, which has been a major source of information on the daily clashes since the Palestinian demonstrations against Israeli occupation began 15 weeks ago. Many foreign journalists relied on the agency’s reports to supplement the information provided by the Israeli Government.

The closing represented the latest move by the Israeli authorities to bar news coverage of the protests, in which at least 111 Palestinians have been killed, along with one Israeli soldier.

Those reported killed today by Israeli gunfire were a woman in Deir Abu Mashal, a village northwest of Jerusalem, and three young men, in the villages of Shuyukh, Yamun and Burqa, all on the West Bank. Three Israeli soldiers were wounded today, as were three Israeli civilians, according to the army. But few details

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ONE scan only, and it is the front-page portion of a story that jumps. The jump (Page A8) is NOT in this batch, so this record covers the front-page text only. The clipping also carries a strip of a different column down the right edge and the standing Times home-delivery advertisement with its barcode at the foot. — The masthead is not on this scan (the clipping begins at the photograph). The paper is confirmed by two printed marks: the photo credit “The New York Times/Micha Bar-Am” and the credit line “Special to The New York Times.” The date is supported but not printed: the dateline reads “SAKHNIN, Israel, March 30” and the photo caption says “yesterday”, which puts the paper at 31 March 1988. Maria’s label agrees.

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