PALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATORS AND ISRAELI TROOPS FACE OFF IN BEIT SAHOUR

JER08:MIDEAST:BEIT SAHOUR,WEST BANK,27FEB97 - Palestinian demonstrators are stopped short of Har Homa by Israeli troops as hundreds of Arabs protest the Israeli government's approval of plans to build 6,500 housing units for Jews on the disputed hilltop February 27. Palestinian President Yasser Arafat said the decision was a violation of the Israeli-PLO peace accords. dps/Photo by Nayef Hashlamoun REUTERS