The Charlotte Observer · Charlotte, North Carolina · 30 January 2003
CP-2003-009
Israeli forces kill two Palestinians
RAID NETS FUGITIVE - Sharon speaks with Bush about meeting to discuss peace plan
Jason Keyser, The Associated Press, Jerusalem
Transcribed from the clipping
“JERUSALEM – Israeli undercover troops killed two Palestinians, including a fugitive Islamic militant, in a gun battle at a West Bank firehouse yesterday. Also yesterday, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was reported to be trying to arrange a meeting with U.S. President George W. Bush.
Sharon, re-elected this week to another term, spoke with Bush by phone about meeting in Washington to discuss a U.S. peace plan that aims to create a Palestinian state by 2005, a senior official in Sharon’s office said on condition of anonymity.”
Context added by this archive
The caption carries the Palestinian account, the hospital account and the Israeli military account in four sentences. “they children” is the paper’s.
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"Israeli forces kill two Palestinians," The Charlotte Observer, 30 January 2003, p. 1. Covering Palestine archive, CP-2003-009. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-2003-009
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