The World - News from July 19, 1988

The Dutch foreign minister cut short a tour of a Palestinian refugee camp on the occupied West Bank after Arab youths chanted anti-Israeli slogans and stoned journalists covering the visit. Foreign Affairs Minister Hans van den Broek was not hurt. In another development on the West Bank, a 17-year-old Arab from Beit Sahur died after a large brick fell on his head as he passed by an Israeli army post, hospital officials said. Palestinian sources and an army spokesman disagreed on whether the brick was thrown by an Israeli soldier or fell as a wall collapsed. The incident touched off demonstrations, prompting the army to re-impose a curfew on the village less than 36 hours after lifting it.