(14 Sep 2004) SHOTLIST
Deir Samit, West Bank
1. Israeli soldier guarding bulldozer uprooting olive trees
2. Soldiers taking trees away amidst protesters
3. Soldiers dragging protester, other protesters running to help
4. Soldiers and protesters
5. Various shots of tear gas explosions, protesters running
6. Soldier on bulldozer firing tear gas
7. Soldiers and cloud of smoke
8. Soldiers dragging man away
9. Soldiers with man holding olive tree
Jenin, West Bank
10. Various shots of crowd of armed men carrying bodies through streets
11. Men shooting in air
Ramallah, West Bank
12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Saeb Erekat, Palestinian Cabinet Minister:
"We take very seriously the statements by Prime Minister Sharon concerning the threats to Prime Minister Arafat and to sanction the assassinations, we hold the Israeli government fully responsible for incitement, and such threats and its execution, and we believe this is part of the Israeli government's exit strategy from the peace process - by destroying the Palestinian authority - by killing Arafat they will be pushing the Palestinian people toward chaos and lawlessness and the rule of militias."
13. Erekat walks away
STORYLINE:
Clashes broke out in the West Bank village of Deir Samit on Tuesday when Israeli construction crews uprooted several Palestinian-owned olive groves to make way for a controversial separation barrier.
The violence erupted as bulldozers moved into Palestinian-owned olive groves and began uprooting trees and locals protested.
Israeli troops guarding the construction crews fired a volley of tear gas and sound bombs into the crowd, forcing the protesters to flee into adjacent olive groves, witnesses said.
Four soldiers beat a protester, kicking and punching him in the stomach, then dragging him away.
The protester was apparently trying to stop a bulldozer from clearing land.
Military sources said the army used tear gas to clear the disturbance, but had no information on injuries.
Israel insists the barrier, snaking its way through the West Bank, will prevent attackers getting into Israel and is vital for the security of the country.
Palestinians say the structure represents nothing more than a land grab.
Also on Tuesday, thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank town of Jenin attended the funerals of the three militants, including a local leader, killed by an Israeli helicopter missile on Monday.
The three were allegedly members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, a violent group linked to Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement.
The Israeli military said the three had been involved in attacks on Israelis.
Meanwhile in a newspaper interview, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon threatened to expel Yasser Arafat "at a convenient time."
Israel says Arafat has encouraged and at times financed attacks on Israel.
In response, Palestinian Cabinet minister Saeb Erekat said he believed Sharon's threats were part of an agenda for Israel to exit the peace process.

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