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  • September 14, 1984

    Social/Economic/Political

    Occupied Palestine/Israel: Palestinian women's groups convene at Beit Hanina to rally support for striking Jnaid prison inmates. Knesset votes to approve coalition...

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  • September 12, 1984

    Social/Economic/Political

    Occupied Palestine/Israel: Gush Emunim squatters establish settlements Nachliel and Givat Helevona (a.k.a. Eli) north of Ramallah. Jewish squatters add 4 caravans...

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Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Palestinian women's groups convene at Beit Hanina to rally support for striking Jnaid prison inmates. Knesset votes to approve coalition govt. (89-18, 1 abst., 12 absent); Peres takes oath as PM and calls on King Hussein to negotiate with Israel.

Arab World: Chrmn. Arafat meets with UK amb. in Tunis.

Other Countries: US State Dept. announces willingness to grant "several hundred million dollars" additional aid to Israel, if sufficient anti-inflationary austerity measures taken.

Military Action

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Unidentified gunmen in passing car shoot and kill Rafah (Gaza) Mayor Abd al-Karim Qishta. Arab World: Lebanese militias twice repel Israeli gunboats firing on West Beirut.

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Gush Emunim squatters establish settlements Nachliel and Givat Helevona (a.k.a. Eli) north of Ramallah. Jewish squatters add 4 caravans to settlement at Tel Rumaida in al-Khalil (Hebron). In exchange for Progressive List for Peace (PLP) votes to support Shlomo Hillel as Knesset speaker, Labor agrees on 3 issues: to legislate against apartheid practices toward Palestinians, to approve proposed change in Umm al-Fahm's status to full township, and to consider favorably establishment of an Arab university in Israel. Canadian and British delegates meet with Palestinian mayors and community leaders in Jerusalem on eve of Int'l. Liberals Congress in Tel Aviv (9/13-16).

Arab World: Chrmn. Arafat returns to Tunis, meets Soviet delegation there. Nabih Berri & Walid Junblatt boycott weekly Lebanese cabinet meeting to press gov't. to discuss political reforms and conditions in S. Lebanon.

Other Countries: In US, representatives of 11 relief and community service organizations meet State Dept. officials to protest Israeli policy toward Palestinian universities.

Military Action

Arab World: Beirut Radio reports 4 IDF troops killed in 2 S. Lebanon bomb attacks; IDF soldier injured by land mine in S. Lebanon (9/10) dies of injuries.