Police arrested 50 Palestinian students on the West Bank Monday when they staged a rally to protest the closing of the Bir Zeit University. Israeli authorities closed the institution last week for three months after students staged violent demonstrations against Israel’s military actions in Lebanon. During the rally Monday an Israeli soldier was injured when Arab youths stoned an army patrol.
Meanwhile, another West Bank mayor was dismissed from his post, the eighth such dismissal since March. An Israeli spokesman announced that Rashid Hijazi of Dir Dibwan was replaced by three Arab officials because he had “staged a work slowdown in the municipality for the past month and a half.”
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