Gaza/Israel - Cabinet meeting/Hamas demonstrations

(20 May 1998) T/I: 10:28:56 Palestinian students burned pictures of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli flags during a campaign for student elections in Gaza City on Wednesday (20/05). Several dozen students participated in the demonstration held to launch campaigning in first-ever student elections at a school for training teachers, the witnesses said. Masked students from Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction of the PLO burned photos of Netanyahu, while students from the Islamic Resistance Movement (HAMAS) burned Israeli and American flags. Meanwhile the Israeli cabinet held it's weekly meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem. Netanyahu briefed ministers on the latest developments in talks with the Americans and the Palestinians on a possible Israeli redeployment in the West Bank. SHOWS: JERUSALEM, ISRAEL 20/05 VS ministers entering cabinet meeting, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu enters meeting, MS pan ministers seated around table; GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP 20/05 WS exterior college, Student leader speaking in Arabic to students gathered, Picture of PLO leader Yasser Arafat on a board, VS election slogans on walls; CU Israeli flag, CU US flag being trampled, MS masked men burning Israeli and US flags and waving them around, WS billboard of Arafat on wall; Pan to students listening to speaker, VS students burning Netanyahu effigy and Israeli flags, Students waving Palestinian flags. 2.41 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...