The civil unrest that has plagued East Jerusalem and the principal West Bank towns for the past two weeks appears to be receding, security officials said today. But school strikes and attempted demonstrations by students continued in several places.
Four students of the College des Freres in East Jerusalem were arrested yesterday after leaving their schoolyard to demonstrate at the French Consulate. Police used red-tinted water to break up a demonstration by elementary school girls in East Jerusalem. The stains left by the water are a sign to the girls’ parents that they had participated in a demonstration.
Security forces in Bethlehem thwarted an attempt by students to leave their schoolyard for a demonstration. High schools were closed yesterday in Tulkarem, Ramallah, El Birreh and Jenin. The school strike in Nablus, the largest West Bank town, went into its 10th day, but a six-day business strike there ended and all shops have been open since Monday.
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