World News Tonight (ABC) - 1990-05-20

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[0:05] From ABC News, World News Sunday, here's

[0:10] Forest Sawyer.

[0:11] >> Good evening. Our lead story tonight is

[0:13] in Israel, where the murder of seven

[0:15] Palestinian workers has stirred the

[0:17] worst violence there in months. A lone

[0:19] Israeli gunman attacks the workers in a

[0:21] field outside Tel Aviv. The Israeli

[0:24] government condemned the attack, but

[0:26] angry Palestinians poured into the

[0:27] streets and by the end of the day, at

[0:29] least seven more Palestinians were dead,

[0:32] hundreds more injured. ABC's Dean

[0:34] Reynolds has our report.

[0:37] >> The victims were Palestinian laborers

[0:39] looking for a day's work in Israel. They

[0:42] had gathered on this roadside when,

[0:44] witnesses said an Israeli dressed in

[0:46] army fatigues told them to line up and

[0:49] then began methodically shooting them

[0:50] with an assault rifle. Seven men were

[0:53] killed and at least 11 wounded in the

[0:55] shooting that occurred just five miles

[0:57] from Tel Aviv. The gunman, a 21-year-old

[1:00] former soldier discharged early from the

[1:03] army for mental problems, later

[1:05] recreated the incident for police. His

[1:07] motive was unclear. Prime Minister

[1:10] Shamir said he was shocked and saddened

[1:12] by the shooting and he called for calm.

[1:14] I hope that the Palestinian Arab

[1:16] population

[1:19] will not utilize this atmosphere for

[1:24] increasing

[1:25] violence and bloodshed.

[1:28] >> Later, there were Palestinian and

[1:30] Israeli protesters outside Shamir's

[1:32] residence. When they vocally denounced

[1:34] his hardline policies, the police moved

[1:36] in to disperse them.

[1:39] Palestinian leaders said Shamir's

[1:41] right-wing attitude has invited

[1:43] anti-Arab violence.

[1:45] >> We place t