The World - News from Jan. 1, 1985
Firing tear gas and rubber bullets, Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron prevented hundreds of Arabs from holding a mock funeral for Fahd Kawasmeh, Hebron’s former mayor, who was assassinated in Jordan last week. Kawasmeh, ousted from the West Bank by Israel in 1980 because of his sympathies with the Palestine Liberation Organization, was recently elected to the PLO’s Executive Committee. Israel said it would allow the burial of Kawasmeh in Hebron in exchange for four missing Israeli soldiers. Kawasmeh was buried in Amman on Monday.
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