Israel: December 8, 2000

Archives

In the worst day of violence yet, seven Palestinians and three Israelis died. Palestinian gunmen ambushed a bus of Jewish settlers and killed three. Elsewhere, Palestinian policemen fired from a police station, which Israeli tank fire later destroyed. Palestinian  worshipers rioted in Jerusalem. Israel sealed off the Palestinian areas. Israeli police braced for the weekend, when the seven dead Palestinians would have their funerals, always a source of further unrest. 

 

X

ad

Help Keep Us From Drying Up

We need your help! Our subscription base has slowly been dwindling.

Each month we count on your contributions. You can support us in the following ways:

  1. Make sure you spread the word about us. Two ways to do that are to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
  2. Subscribe to our daily newsletter. We’ll send the news to your email box, and you don’t have to come to the site unless you want to read columns or see photos.
  3. You can contribute to the health of StrategyPage.
Subscribe   Contribute   Close