Palestinians clash with Israeli army in Hebron

Описание: (25 Feb 2010) SHOTLIST
1. Mid of Palestinian boys throwing stones
2. Israeli army with guns
3. Various of young Palestinian boys throwing stones
4. Palestinian boys holding Israeli flag
5. Palestinian boys trampling on Israeli flag
6. Mid of army vehicles
7. Tracking shot as Palestinians run away
8. Pan of military vehicles driving down street
9. Gas canister emitting smoke
10. Mid of military vehicle
11. Pan of boys throwing stones, army in the background, zoom in
12. Various of soldiers firing stun grenades
13. Wide of Jewish enclave in Hebron
14. Pan down of the Cave of Patriarchs/al-Ibrahimi mosque, zoom into woman praying
15. Man praying by wall
16. Pull out of minaret to Cave of Patriarchs/al-Ibrahimi mosque
STORYLINE
Dozens of Palestinians clashed with the Israeli army on Wednesday in the west bank city of Hebron, in a continuing response to Israel''s plans to recognise a disputed West Bank shrine as one of its own national heritage sites.
Israeli soldiers shot stun grenades towards stone-throwing Palestinians, but no casualties were reported.
The Obama administration criticised Israel on Wednesday for adding two shrines to Israel''s list of national heritage sites.
The move, announced Sunday, sparked Palestinian protests and has drawn criticism from other quarters, including the United Nations.
The latest criticism came as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said on Wednesday she hopes long-stalled peace talks between Israelis and the Palestinians will resume.
The two disputed sites are the traditional tomb of the biblical matriarch Rachel in Bethlehem and the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, where the Bible says the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were buried along with three of their wives.
Muslims call the later the al-Ibrahimi mosque, reflecting the fact that Abraham is considered the father of both Judaism and Islam.
Control of the shrine is a flashpoint between Palestinians and Israelis.
The Palestinians claim all of the West Bank as part of a future state, and view the Israeli move - a largely symbolic gesture - as a provocation.
Hebron is a focus of violence because it is the only place in the West Bank where Jews live among Palestinians.
About 500 Israeli settlers, some of them extremists, live in enclaves near the disputed holy site, guarded by Israeli soldiers who control part of the city where about 170-thousand Palestinians live.
Under accords signed in the 1990s, the Palestinians control 80 percent of the city and the Israeli military controls 20 percent.

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