After Israel’s grab of top Palestinian prisoners from a
West Bank jail, angry Palestinians staged a protest strike Wednesday, their embarrassed president rushed back from Europe and Israel said it is determined to try the detainees for the assassination of an Israeli Cabinet minister. “Got ’em!” gloated one banner newspaper headline, above a large photo of blindfolded, handcuffed Palestinian militant leader Ahmed Saadat being led away by Israeli troops in the West Bank town of Jericho. Wednesday in Gaza, Palestinian militants freed three foreigners they had seized in retaliation for Israel’s raid on a West Bank prison. Full Story
