World News 17-10-2000 Violence Continues On Day One Of Peace Summit who: Bill Clinton what: Warns that summit meeting must end with ceasefire where: EGYPT when: Last night snippet: "New violence flared on the West Bank yesterday," says David Dillon in The Express, "as President Clinton urged Middle East leaders to strive for peace, warning that failure could bring `grave consequences`." "Scores were wounded in clashes yesterday," reports The Guardian. "The fiercest incident was at Rafah, near the Egyptian border, where a Palestinian policeman was killed and two Israeli soldiers wounded". In Jerusalem, a 13-year-old Palestinian boy shot in the head and declared clinically dead in hospital. In Ramallah, Israeli snipers "picked off high-profile Palestinian rioters" at the barricades, says Sam Kiley in The Times. "Stone-throwing youths watched, stunned, as men and boys at the barricades collapsed with small bullet holes in their chests, testicles, arms and hips". "As night fell after a day of negotiations in Egypt`s balmy Sharm el-Sheikh resort," writes The Independent`s Phil Reeves, "Israeli officials indicated agreement had been reached on a cessation of hostilities in the immediate conflict between Israel and the Palestinians". [... more]

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