Wednesday, November 16, 1988 / University Daily Kansan ESQUIRE BARBER SERVICE TRACEY GARCIA Haircuts... $6.50 For appointments call 842-3699 2323 Ridge Court COMPUTER SUPPLY SOURCE Supplies & Accessories 2512 W 6th St. 842-6379 Tonight Wed, Nov. 16 A special benefit for the American Cancer Society featuring THE WILLIES The Jazzhaus 2126 Massachusetts 740-3126 Lawrence, Kansas Palestinians celebrate Declaration of independence sparks rejoicing The Associated Press NABLUS, Occupied West Bank — Jubilant Palestinian youths yesterday set off fireworks and chanted "My Homeland, My Homeland" despite tight security measures aimed at quelling fanfare about the newly declared Palestinian independence. Palestinian independence. The celebrations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip took on a cat-and-mouse style, as youths violated curfews to send off balloons with outlawed Palestinian flags or sing patriotic songs, then ran and hid when army patrols arrived, Arab witnesses said. At least seven people suffered gunshot wounds in Gaza, where 650,000 Arab residents were ordered to stay in their homes, hospital officials said. Military spokesman had no reports of gunshot wounds. no reports to the territories, setting up checkpoints on our highways and barring Palestinians from entering Israel. Reporters were allowed into the territories only with military escorts. A reporter escorted into Ramallah was told by a Palestinian woman who gave only her first name, Marlin, that, "Today we are very happy because the PLO says we have an independent state. No matter that we do not celebrate today. We will celebrate tomorrow or the next day." The declaration of independence was announced early yesterday by PLO chief Yasser Arafat at a meeting of the Palestine National Council, the PLO's parliament-in-use, in Aligiers, Algeria. Curfews were in force throughout Gaza and in at least 25 towns and refugee camps in the West Bank, the army reported. Soldiers patrolled communities by jeep and on foot. Armored personnel carriers mounted with machine guns drove through the streets of Bethlehem, and metal-plated gravel throwers used in riot control were seen in downtown Nablus. downtown Nabus. In Arab east Jerusalem, 1,000 additional police and a military force were brought in. An army officer who insisted on anonymity said troop strength in some areas north of Jerusalem had been increased three-fold. Israel has occupied the West Bank and Gaza Strip, home to 1.5 million Palestinians, since the 1967 Middle East war. For the past 11 months, the army has battled an uprising against Israel rule. U.S. rejects PLO proclamation WASHINGTON — The Reagan administration said yesterday that there were "positive elements" in a new Palestine Liberation Organization policy statement, but it rejected a PLO proclamation of an independent Palestinian state. acts of either side but only through a process of negotiations. A declaration of independent Palestinian statehood is such an unilateral act.17 State Department spokesman Charles Redman said the status of territories under Israeli occupation "cannot be determined by unilateral The Associated Press The statement early yesterday in Aligiers by the PLO's parliament-inexile, the Palestine National Council, did not specify the borders of the new territory but it presumably encompasses the West Bank and Gaza Strip, which have been under Israeli control since 1967. At the White House, presidential spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said the administration saw "positive elements" to the PNC statement, including its acceptance of U.N. Security Council resolutions 242 and 338. These lay the groundwork for a comprehensive settlement to the Arab-Israeli conflict and implicitly recognize Israel's right to exist. as too little and not convincing enough. The PLO needs to do something striking with a clear intention." Continued from p. 1 ISRAEL Leil of the Foreign Ministry said: "We realize we will have to work very hard in order to explain our position in the world." Analysts said the main problem for Israel is its lack of a credible plan for starting peace negotiations and ending Palestinian uprising in the occupied territories that began nearly a year ago. Asher Sussar, a political scientist at Tel Aviv University, said the Algiers declaration may cause the wrist to look more favorably on the PLO. the PLO. "Israel's position does seem to be rather inflexible as opposed to what seems to be a softening of the PLO's position," he said in an interview. interview. Trade Minister Ariel Sharon, a leading member of Hamir's right-wing Likud bloc, called the declaration a "dangerous development." Sharon said Israel might face economic sanctions and political isolation, and should assert its own claim by imposing sovereignty on part of the occupied lands. 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