Agence France-Presse
09 April, 1997
As he hurls a stone at Israeli soldiers, a Palestinian man is shot. Israel's decision in March to build a new Jewish quarter in East Jerusalem sparked off riots in Bethlehem and Hebron and caused a dramatic deterioration in relations between Israel and the Arab world. The Arab League called for a renewed boycott of the Jewish state.
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