Byline: Glenn Frankel Washington Post and wire reports
Israeli officials Friday lashed out at foreign press coverage of the two-week wave of violence in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, contending that "deliberately distorted and one-sided" reporting, especially on television, had helped fuel the disturbances and damaged Israel's image abroad.
Despite scattered incidents of rock- throwing, quiet generally prevailed for the third straight day in the territories, and military officials confirmed that they had arrested more than 1,000 Palestinians, alleged instigators and participants in the unrest, in which at least 21 Palestinians have been killed and 150 wounded.
The Jerusalem-based Palestine Press Service disputed Israeli figures, saying that about 2,500 have been detained.
Some of those arrested have already been tried, convicted and sentenced to prison terms ranging from three months to two years, and hundreds of others face trials next week, Israeli officials said.
But a new controversy appeared to be brewing over the prospect that a large number of detained Palestinians may be "deported" into exile in Jordan or southern Lebanon.
The Yediot Ahronot, Israel's largest daily newspaper, said the army was preparing to deport "hundreds" of Palestinians who were …
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