ISRAEL: ISRAELI PM NETANYAHU HECKLED BY ARABS AT OPENING OF KNESSET

Описание: (7 Oct 1996) Hebrew/Eng/Nat

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his Labour party had prophesied that Palestinians may turn their guns on Israelis at the time of the signing of the Oslo Accords.

Netanyahu was heckled by Arabs and he spoke at the opening session of the Israeli Knesset, Monday.

Left wingers, protesting outside the Knesset, called for the peace process to be put back on track.

As peace talks were continuing on the border town of Erez, the first session of the Knesset convened, Monday.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had warned the Labour Party of the dangers of arming Palestinians.

Palestinian police shot at Israeli troops during riots and demonstrations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip two weeks ago. Both sides dispute who started the firing.

SOUNDBITE: (Hebrew)
"I do not believe that these people meant to bring about a situation in which the terror would take control. And it is clear to me that not one of the founders of these agreements could not have imagined that the thousands of guns that were given to the Palestinian army would be pointed at the I.D.F. (Israel Defence Forces), even though I have to say that we warned them from this very podium."
SUPERCAPTION: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

The accusations were directed at former Prime Minister Shimon Peres of the Labour Party.

Within the Knesset, Arabs accused the Prime Minister of being responsible for the killings two weeks ago.

Abdel Wahab Darawashe, of the Arab Democratic Party, said it was Netanyahu's fault that the peace process had collapsed.

Outside the Knesset, left wing protesters called for the peace process to be put back on track.

SOUNDBITE: (English)
"And we're here today because today the Knesset is opening again, and we want to say that Mr Netanyahu must go in the peace process as the way Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin before him because he don't elected to cut the peace process."
SUPER CAPTION: Eldad, Aharoni, supporter of Meretz group

Protesters are pinning their hopes on peace talks in Erez.

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