World News 03-10-2000 Leaders Hold Crisis Talks Over West Bank who: Ehud Barak and Yassir Arafat what: To meet for crisis talks as violence continues where: Paris when: Tomorrow snippet: "A girl aged two has joined Israel`s mounting death toll," says The Express today, "bringing to at least seven the number of children killed in violence that has set the Middle East back on a bloody course to war." As a second attempt at a ceasefire failed and Israeli tanks and helicopter gunships besieged Palestinian towns in an intimidating show of force, Sara Abdelhaq became the youngest victim of the five-day conflict when she was killed in a gun attack near Nablus. She was "sitting on the back seat of her father`s car when it was peppered with bullets fired by Israeli troops". Eleven Palestinian protesters were killed by Israeli bullets and missiles yesterday, reports The Telegraph, taking the death total to at least 43 in the dispute over the sovereignty of a holy shrine in Jerusalem. "However, Palestinian youths, using stones, firebombs and sometimes rifles, continued to court death throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip". "These clashes are far more severe than earlier unrest in the West Bank and Gaza," reports The Guardian`s Suzanne Goldenberg. "During the intifada which erupted in 1987, Palestinians vented their rage with rocks. Now, they are joined in battle by Palestinian police forces, who are well trained and armed with automatic weapons." "The Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Barak, and the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, agreed last night to meet in Paris tomorrow for crisis talks," says The Independent this morning. "The two leaders agreed to meet the United States Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright". [... more]

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