Palestinians in the administered territories failed to take to the streets Tuesday in massive demonstrations against the peace mission of U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz, despite instructions to do so conveyed in written communiques by the clandestine command of the Arab uprising.
The day ended with one person reported wounded — a youth in Bani Suheila, in the Gaza Strip, who was hit in the eye by a rubber bullet.
Businesses went on strike Tuesday, but most Arab workers showed up for work in Israel. Schools in the Gaza Strip also operated as usual.
Activity Tuesday focused on an information campaign. Newspapers in East Jerusalem continued to attack the Shultz mission and quoted “nationalist circles” who blamed Shultz for adopting a one-sided approach favoring the Israelis.
The security forces demolished three houses Tuesday in the village of Yamon, in the Jenin area. The authorities also imposed a curfew on the village and arrested those suspected of participating in recent violence there.
Military sources said the owners of the demolished houses are suspected of organizing violent demonstrations, throwing gasoline bombs and inciting the local population to engage in anti-Israeli activities, as well as action against Arabs suspected of collaborating with the authorities.
Since the beginning of the current unrest, the Israel Defense Force has adopted a policy of destroying houses belonging to people suspected of organizing the riots.
Inside Israel, meanwhile, two residents of the Arab town of Umm el-Fahm were released from jail Tuesday, after three months of administrative detention.
They were arrested in connection with the violent demonstration that took place in the town on Dec. 21, which Palestinians had declared a “Day of Peace,” in solidarity with Palestinian protests in the territories.
The two were members of the “Sons of the Village,” an anti-Zionist group of Israeli Arabs.
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