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  • July 8, 1997

    PM Netanyahu finishes cabinet reshuffle, promising coalition mbrs. $1.4 b. (which he does not have available in the budget) for projects; denying Infrastructures M Sharon positions as finance M,...

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  • July 1, 1997

    Under pressure fr. Egypt and the U.S., Arafat agrees to resume security coordination with Israel. (MM 7/1, 7/2)

    In Hebron, Palestinians escalate protests against posters depicting the...

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PM Netanyahu finishes cabinet reshuffle, promising coalition mbrs. $1.4 b. (which he does not have available in the budget) for projects; denying Infrastructures M Sharon positions as finance M, in the policy-making inner cabinet; appointing MK Michael Eytan science M for 1 yr., after which the job will rotate to Likud's Silvan Shalom. (MM 7/8, 7/9; WP 7/10)

The House passes (377-33) the Prohibition of Financial Transactions with Countries Supporting Terrorism Act of 1997, closing a loophole in 1996 antiterrorism legislation that permitted transactions with Syria, Sudan. This bill is separate fr. the House res. passed by the Senate 6/17. (Near East Report 7/14; RMC 7/21 in WNC 7/22; WJW 7/24; MEI, MM 7/25)

Israeli court sentences Hamas mbr. Hassan Salameh to 46 consecutive life terms for engineering 3 suicide bombings that killed 46 persons. (WT 7/9; AFP 7/9 in WNC 7/10; WJW 7/10; JP 7/19) (see 6/18)

Iran, Saudi Arabia sign 4 memoranda of understanding on agricultural cooperation, transport and communications, joint investment, and transit trade to Central Asia. (MM 7/9)

Under pressure fr. Egypt and the U.S., Arafat agrees to resume security coordination with Israel. (MM 7/1, 7/2)

In Hebron, Palestinians escalate protests against posters depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a pig. IDF soldiers shoot, wound 25 Palestinians. A crude pipe bomb is thrown at the soldiers, injuring 2. PA calls for 1-hr. general strike 7/2. Pro-Oslo factions stage march in support of the PA's stand, but only 500 persons, rather than the 1,000s that organizers anticipated, take part. (IDF Radio 7/1 in WNC 7/2; CSM, NYT, WT 7/2; YA 7/2 in WNC 7/3; PR 7/4) (see 6/28)

8 Force 17 mbrs. indicted in the beating death of Nasir Radwan plead not guilty. 1,000s of Palestinians protest brutality of PA security forces at Radwan's funeral in Gaza. (NYT, WP, WT 7/2; JP 7/5) (see 6/30)

Saudi Arabian envoy visits Iran to deliver to Pres. Rafsanjani messages fr. King Fahd, Crown Prince Abdullah on expanding bilateral relations. (WP, WT 7/2)

1 Hizballah mbr. is killed in clash with IDF in s. Lebanon. (RL 7/2 in WNC 7/3)