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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1997
Page
8
An ammunition dump near Jalalabad exploded killing at least 16 and wounding over 200. Debris and undetonated ordnance rained onto a nearby residential area. It was unclear if sabotage or accident caused the blast.
Palestinian demonstrators largely obeyed a call for peaceful protest as clashes erupted in Jerusalem after Israel’s Supreme Court refused to block a Jewish neighborhood plan in Arab east Jerusalem. At the construction site marchers re enacted the Crucifixion with a man tied to a stake.
The scene features a large wooden cross symbolizing Jerusalem tragedy as protests unfold. Yasser Arafat supporters steer crowds away from army checkpoints to prevent clashes. Despite predictions of widespread violence, the anticipated unrest did not materialize after a Supreme Court halt-order petition by Arab landowners, Israeli peace activists, and Meretz.
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