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  • September 21, 1986

    Social/Economic/Political

    Occupied Palestine/Israel: Ten-year-old boy shot during symbolic funeral for Abu Libdah; Rafah placed under curfew while military authorities bury him (Fl 9/26)....

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  • September 20, 1986

    Social/Economic/Political

    Occupied Palestine/Israel: In Rafah, several dozen youths throw stones at IDF soldiers in violent demonstration commemorating anniversary of Sabra and Shatila...

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  • April 13, 1986

    Social/Economic/Political

    Occupied Palestine/Israel: Israeli cabinet resolves 8-day coalition government crisis by agreeing that Justice Minister Moshe Nissim and Finance Minister Yitzhak...

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Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Ten-year-old boy shot during symbolic funeral for Abu Libdah; Rafah placed under curfew while military authorities bury him (Fl 9/26). In Nablus, Israeli authorities do not renew work permit of al-Najah University President Dr. Mundhir Salah on grounds he used post to "conduct incitement in university circles," according to Ha'Aretz of 9/21 (FBIS 9/24).

Arab World: Saudi Arabia gives PLO a check for $28.5 million. Total Saudi aid to PLO is $114 million/year (Fl 9/26).

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: In Rafah, several dozen youths throw stones at IDF soldiers in violent demonstration commemorating anniversary of Sabra and Shatila massacres; Isma'il Abu Libdah, 19, is killed by IDF, and a ten-year-old boy is injured (Fl 9/26; FBIS 9/22).

Military Action

Arab World: French UNIFIL troops withdraw from nine of their positions to less exposed areas in response to anti-French violence in S. Lebanon (NYT 9/21).

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Israeli cabinet resolves 8-day coalition government crisis by agreeing that Justice Minister Moshe Nissim and Finance Minister Yitzhak Modai change jobs, to satisfy P.M. Peres' demands that Modai be ousted from his post for insulting Peres [NYT, WP 4/14]. Tehiya party convention opens in Jerusalem, to be followed by working sessions at Kiryat Arba; party leader Yuval Ne'eman calls for transfer of 500,000 Palestinian refugees from occupied territories to Arab countries as precondition for peace negotiations [JTA 4/16]. Several hundred Israeli settlers in the Gaza Strip demonstrate near Rafah, protestingovernment plans to resettle some 7,000 Palestinian refugees from the Egyptian side of the town [JP 4/14].

Military Action

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Three Israelis are wounded, one seriously, when their bus is attacked by gunfire in the West Bank; roadblocks are erected on road to Ramallah for several days [CSM 4/14; FJ 4/18].