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  • April 19, 1993

    Pres. Asad meets with Chmn. Arafat, PLO officials, and delegation mbrs. in Latakiafirst Asad-Arafat meeting in over a year. PLO group then travels to Amman. (WP, WT 4/20; RJN, SARR 4/20 in FBIS 4/...

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  • January 23, 1993

    British helicopters fly Red Cross officials into the "no man's land" in southern Lebanon to evacuate 17 Palestinians: 4 who are sick, 13 deported by mistake (11 of whom to be returned to jail)....

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  • January 15, 1993

    Israel allows Red Cross to deliver medicine and mail to Palestinian deportees in southern Lebanon. (AFP 1/15 in FBIS 1/15)

    Gazan Islamic Jihad activist stabs 4 at Tel Aviv bus station...

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  • January 7, 1993

    Faisal Husseini sends letter to acting Secy. of State Eagleburger informing him that the Palestinian delegation will not participate in any bilateral or multilateral peace talks until Israel...

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Pres. Asad meets with Chmn. Arafat, PLO officials, and delegation mbrs. in Latakiafirst Asad-Arafat meeting in over a year. PLO group then travels to Amman. (WP, WT 4/20; RJN, SARR 4/20 in FBIS 4/20)

Peace Now calls on PM Rabin to seize the moment for peace, presents 10 principles. (MM 4/19)

Ten Palestinian rejectionist factions issue statement condemning current diplomacy seeking to resume peace talks. (QPAR 4/19 in FBIS 4/20)

Palestinian dentist, an UNRWA and Red Crescent official, is assassinated in Sidon, Lebanon. Fateh blames FRC, Mossad. Two FRC mbrs. are found dead in Sidon. (RFL 4/19 in FBIS 4/20; Voice of the PLO [Baghdad] 4/20 in FBIS 4/21)

Saudi FM Prince Saud Faisal calls on Gulf states to release funds to PLO, including the 5% "PLO tax" on Palestinian workers halted after the Gulf war. King Fahd pledges a contribution to the Jerusalem Fund. (MM 4/20; WT 4/20; SPA 4/19 in FBIS 4/20)

IDF undercover units shoot 1 Palestinian dead in West Bank, 1 in Gaza Strip. (MM 4/20)

British helicopters fly Red Cross officials into the "no man's land" in southern Lebanon to evacuate 17 Palestinians: 4 who are sick, 13 deported by mistake (11 of whom to be returned to jail). There are now 396 left. (NYT, WT 1/24)

Pres. Clinton telephones PM Rabin, expresses hope that the deportees issue will be solved as soon as possible. (NYT 1/29)

Syrian, Egyptian, Lebanese, and Jordanian ambs. to the U.S. brief Asst. Secy. of State Edward Djerejian on the Arab League position on deportees. (Saudi Arabian TV 1/23 in FBIS 1/26)

IDF shoots Palestinian dead near Ramallah. (Qol Yisra'el 1/24 in FBIS 1/26)

Roadside bomb wounds 1, kills 2 IDF soldiers in "security zone"; Israel shells Hizballah target villages 25 mi. south of Beirut. (NYT, WT 1/24; MM 1/25

Israel allows Red Cross to deliver medicine and mail to Palestinian deportees in southern Lebanon. (AFP 1/15 in FBIS 1/15)

Gazan Islamic Jihad activist stabs 4 at Tel Aviv bus station before being shot and killed by a bystander. (MM 1/15; Qol Yisra'el 1/15 in FBIS 1/15)

Faisal Husseini sends letter to acting Secy. of State Eagleburger informing him that the Palestinian delegation will not participate in any bilateral or multilateral peace talks until Israel allows back the 12/17 deportees. (AFP 1/12 in FBIS 1/12)

Pres. Mubarak meets with Chmn. Arafat, then with UN Secy.-Gen. Butrus-Ghali in Cairo. (MENA 1/7 in FBIS 1/7)

Israel agrees to allow 2 Red Cross officials access to 415 deported Palestinians to ascertain their medical situation. (NYT, WP 1/8)

Knesset approves appointment of Meretz MK Yossi Sarid to be environment minister by vote of 56-34. (JP 1/9)