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Friday, April 8, 1994
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Week-long ban from Israel angers Palestinians
The Associated Press
AFLA, Israel — As thousands of angry Israelis gathered yesterday to bury the victims of a car bombing, the army barred 1.8 million Palestinians from entering Israel for a week in one of its strictest closures ever.
The order follows two more attacks by Islamic fundamentalists yesterday, including one in which an Israeli was killed and four were wounded when a Palestinian opened fire at a bus stop in southern Israel.
"We plan for Israel to be empty of Arabs from the territories until Independence Day," Police Commissioner Rafi Peled announced on Israel radio. "I hope it will calm the situation and contribute to the security."
Israeli Independence Day is April14.
The attacks, which undermined support for Israel-PLO peacemaking, spurred calls for a suspension of negotiations with the PLO on the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Gaza Strip and West Bank town of Jericho.
The measures to bar Palestinians from Israel were the strictest
since March 1993, when 15 Israelis were killed in a series of stabbings. They effectively tighten travel restrictions imposed after the Feb. 25 Hebron mosque massacre.
Peled said all permits for workers had been canceled and no cars would be allowed in from the territories. The army armed a Palestinian conference at a Jerusalem hotel where Jesse Jackson was to speak. The conference would have brought in hundreds of Palestinian academics from the occupied lands.
In Afula, police fought running battles with about 300 Israeli youths who burned tires after the funerals for the victims of the suicide car-bombing. The bus stop where the attack occurred was covered in wreaths.
Settlers passed out literature condemning the peace talks. Banners attacked Israel's peacemaking with the PLO.
"I would be happy to do my military reserve duty in Gaza or Hebron. You don't even have to pay me. Just let me at them," said Ben Bardidi. a 22-year-old who just left the army.
mourning. About 5,000 Israelis gathered in the cemetery as four of the victims. including girls aged 18 and 16, were laid to rest in a service broadcast nationally. Three other Israelis and the attacker were killed in the bombing.
Much of the town was closed in
The government representative was booed, cursed as "trash" and forced to leave under police escort. Three relatives fainted.
Much of the anger focused on PLO leader Yasser Arafat's failure to condemn the attacks. One banner read: "Arafat does not condemn the murders because they were his plan."
In Cairo, the PLO issued a statement late yesterday condemning the attack a day after Arafat walked out when Israel reporters asked him for his reaction.
"The PLO extends its condolences to the families of the victims and hopes all parties will commit themselves to protecting the peace process," it said in part.
Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of the opposition Likud party, called for a halt in negotiations, and right-wing groups announced plans for nationwide protests. Thousands of police were put on alert.
Clinton vows force to stop Serb attacks The Associated Press
U.N. peacekeepers called to Bosnia
WASHINGTON — The Clinton administration is calling for the quick dispatch of hundreds of U.N. peacekeepers to Serb-encircled Goradze in eastern Bosnia and vowing to have NATO air power defend them if they are attacked.
In a policy speech, Anthony Lake, the national security adviser, said yesterday "a contingent of U.N. forces should soon be on its way to Gorazde. It is important that this happen as soon as possible."
If the Serbs attacked the peacekeepers, they would risk a NATO air strike, the officials said.
Other administration officials said that the plan was being put on a fast track and that it would involve hundreds of Ukrainians and also British and French troops already on peacekeeping duty elsewhere in the Balkans.
"Let me be clear." Lake said at John Hopkins University in Baltimore. "Neither the president nor any of his senior advisers rules out the use of NATO power to help stop attacks such as those against Gorazde."
The carefully drawn statement was
designed to alert the Serbs and the rest of the world that Defense Secretary William Perry and Gen John Shakbasky subscribed to the ultimatum.
Earlier this week, Perry and Shalakashvili, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, ruled out any military action at this stage to try to lift the siege of Gorade and its predominantly Muslim population of 65,000.
Pentagon representative Kathleen deLaski said yesterday "there's no daylight" between the Defense Department and the State Department on using force in Bosnia.
"Both departments are in complete agreement that you should look at all your options at all times in Bosnia. . . . We're not ruling out the use of force as a way to stop bloodshed or promote the peace process. Those are the objectives in Bosnia. And no one has said anything to the contrary as a general concept," she said.
The United States stands ready to transport the Ukrainians, most of whom would come from Kiev, to a staging area, deLaski and other officials said.
The officials cautioned, however, that it was not clear whether the Serbs would try to block the peacekeeping mission. Approval by the United Nations was considered a virtual certainty.
The officials said there were 13 peacekeepers on the ground in Gorazde.
The size of the ultimate force has not been determined. Ukraine offered about 800 of its soldiers. There may be more, including British and French units, the officials said.
Gorazde was under a 10th day of Serb attack yesterday as the U.N. commander, Lt. Gen. Sir Michael Rose, shuttled between the Serb and government commanders trying to arrange a cease fire.
Gorazde was declared a "safe area" by the U.N. Security Council last year, and NATO committed itself to using its air power to stop attacks on the town.
"We stand by that commitment." Lake said. "We must make clear to the Serbs and to the Serbs of Bosnia that the costs of continued intransigence are high."
Lake said the Serbs and their rivals were trying to bolster their military positions as a new round of peace talks approached. But in pursuing marginal advantage, they threaten "to plunge all of Bosnia back into bloodshed." Lake said.
His criticism appeared aimed also at the Muslim-led government, although he directed most of his rhetoric specifically at the Serbs for their continued attack on Muslim enclaves.
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