21.   The reaction to the shootings within Israel and the occupied territories was rapid.

22.   The next day clashes broke out in the occupied territories and Arab workers were prevented from entering Jerusalem.

23.   In his speech Shamir said that Israel should always maintain control over the occupied territories in order that future immigrants could be settled.

24.   It also called on UN Secretary-General Javier Prez de Cullar to monitor the situation in the occupied territories.

25.   The opposition Labour Party made clear that it would support concessions on the occupied territories in exchange for peace.

26.   The Israeli security forces also claimed that the curfew would protect Palestinians from Israeli citizens enraged by grassroot support in the occupied territories for Iraqi missile attacks on Israel.

27.   However, Palestinians were forced to remain within the occupied territories so that the majority were effectively barred from their jobs in Israel.

28.   The formation of the new government brought to an end United States efforts to broker a peace plan involving Palestinian elections in the occupied territories.

29.   The killings had set off widespread rioting in the occupied territories and in Jordan.

30.   The controversial issue of Israeli settlements in the occupied territories was the subject of intense internal and international debate during March and April.