WRAP Ramallah pullout, prisoners, Arafat, Bethlehem, Israeli reax

Описание: (5 May 2002)

Ramallah- 1 May 2002
1. Various Israeli tanks pulling out

Ramallah- 2 May 2002
2. Various shots of Palestinians celebrating outside Arafat's headquarters

Ramallah- 1 May 2002
3. Israeli tank driving away

Ramallah- 1 May 2002
4. Convoy of vehicles going to pick up wanted Palestinians from Arafat's compound
5. Convoy on road, driving into entrance of compound

Ramallah- 1 May 2002
6. Various convoy leaving the compound carrying prisoners

Jericho- 1 May 2002
7. Various shots of convoy carrying prisoners from Arafat's offices arriving at prison complex

Bethlehem- 2 May 2002
8. Various shots of gunfire around Church of the Nativity - audio explosion -zoom in to smoke
9. Wider shot over Church of the Nativity complex - audio gunfire audio
10. Flares fired over Church of the Nativity
11. Various fires inside building which forms part of church compound

Ramallah- 2 May 2002
12. Wide shot, Yasser Arafat, Palestinian Leader surrounded by press and officials
13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Yasser Arafat, Palestinian Leader:
"I am asking you to ask the whole international world. This is a holy sacred place, not only for the Christians, but for the Christians and for the Muslims. How are they keeping silent? About this death, this big criminal. Again its a holy sacred place, the Nativity Church."
14. Arafat talking angrily to press (Arabic) before getting up and walking out

Jerusalem- 2 May 2002
15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mark Sofer, Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman:
"The fire was started by the Palestinians. The IDF (Israeli Defence Force) carried out no operation whatsoever that could possibly have started the fire. There has been absolutely no change in Israeli government policy to respect to the full the sanctity of this holy site."
16. Wide shot Sofer

Ramallah- 1 May 2002
17. Various of Israeli tanks pulling out- troops waving

STORYLINE:

Israeli tanks and troop trucks completed their withdrawal from the West Bank city of Ramallah early on Thursday, leaving Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's battered compound and ending his five months of confinement.

The pullout was the result of a diplomatic breakthrough that also saw six wanted Palestinians whisked away to a West Bank jail.

A dozen US and British armored vehicles pulled into Arafat's compound around sundown on Wednesday, picking up the men as they walked out of Arafat's office building. An hour later, Palestinians lining the street clapped and whistled as the six men arrived at the jail in Jericho, about 22 miles (35 kilometers) away. They will be watched over by American and British wardens.

But as that standoff ended, another confrontation took a turn for the worse as fire erupted in the besieged Church of the Nativity compound in Bethlehem. As Israeli soldiers and Palestinians inside battled in some of the worst fighting since the siege of the site began one month ago, troops fired flares above the church.

Witnesses say these flares apparently sparked off a blaze in the Orthodox and Franciscan sections of the compound. Three people were reportedly injured trying to put out the blaze. The fire, which broke out a short distance from the 4th-century basilica itself- built over the traditional birthplace of Jesus- burned for about half an hour before it was put out.

Speaking to reporters at his office minutes after Israeli tanks lifted their siege of his Ramallah headquarters, Arafat shook with anger at news of the fire, pounding the table with his fist and calling Israelis "terrorists, Nazis and racists."





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