The year- old Israeli citizen was arrested later and confessed, he said. In a landmark decision, a court in the city of Ramle convicted four Israelis of violating a law that bars contacts with the PLO. The judges ruled that the four left-wing activists acted illeglly when they met a member PLO delegation in Costinesti, Romania, in November Israel considers the Palestine Liberation Organization a terrorist group.
They face a maximum three-year sentence. The Jerusalem attack came a day after Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir warned Palestinian underground leaders to end their 6-month-old uprising against Israeli rule in the occupied lands. The Israeli killed today was the third since Arabs in the territories revolted on Dec.
Army figures say Palestinians have been killed, of them shot to death by soldiers. City police spokesman Rafi Levy described the shooting as a terrorist attack, apparently related to the uprising in the lands Israel seized in the Middle East war. However, he said other motives for the shooting were being investigated, including insanity. The girl, whom police declined to identify because she is a minor, went to the park with two clients at about a.
Shlesinger was hit by five bullets and killed. The other student was unhurt, but reportedly being treated for shock. Levy said a security officer who passed by the park and heard the shots grabbed the girl as she fled the scene. She later admitted to the shooting after questioning, he said. Yehudai said the girl lived in Jerusalem and spoke fluent Hebrew. Also Wednesday, a military source said the army had started to negotiate with Arab village leaders in the occupied lands, promising them rewards if they ensure calm.
Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin meanwhile met with four Palestinians from the occupied Gaza Strip, his third such meeting in a week, a defense official said.
