The Palestine Chronology

Fateh mbrs. held prisoner by Israel demand release before Israel-PLO accord enters into force, threaten to obstruct implementation if kept in jail. 3,000 supporters of PLO and Peace Now march on Jenid prison in Nablus to demand release of all Palestinian political prisoners. Protest coincides with death of Jenid prisoner Ahmad 'Adil Hasan Ismail, 43, during morning exercise. (MM 10/7; CSM, NYT 10/8)

"Force 17" security force arrests 10 bodyguards of PLO Chmn. Arafat, PLO Exec. Comm. mbr. Yasir 'Abd-Rabbuh, and Ahmad Qurai' in Tunis for plotting to assassinate top PLO officials, according to PLO sources. Also arrested are 5 aides of Fateh official Hani al-Hasan, who had met with PFLP-GC head Ahmad Jibril. (WT 10/10)

Opposition Palestinian factions open talks in Damascus aimed at challenging PLO-Israel accord and PLO leadership of intifada. (WT 10/10)

Egyptian Gen. Saad El-Shazly, architect of 1973 crossing of Suez Canal, released fr. prison in amnesty marking 20th anniversary of 1973 war. Shazly had been imprisoned 3/92 for revealing military secrets in his book on the war. (MM 10/8)

PLO Pol. Dept. head Faruq Qaddumi holds talks with Syrian FM al-Shar'a, other Syrian leaders in Damascus. (RMC, SARR 8/25 in FBIS 8/26)

Sources in Israeli PM Rabin's office quoted by JP say Rabin told Secy. of State Christopher Israel will withdraw fr. southern Lebanon 6 to 9 mos. after an agreement with Lebanon is signed and implemented. Rabin tells Knesset comm. Israeli conditions include integration of SLA into Lebanese army, security arrangements to be reached by bilateral comm., and disarming of Hizballah. Rabin also asserts that Israel will withdraw on, but not fr., the Golan to reach accord with Syria. Lebanese FM Faris Buwayz rejects Israeli conditions, saying Israel must withdraw fr. southern Lebanon as a precondition for any agreement. (MM 8/25; VOM, VOL 8/25 in FBIS 8/26; MM 8/26)

Israeli High Court rejects Peace Now petition challenging legality of Israeli settlements in o.t. (WT 8/26)

Settler leaders establish new settlement of 7 families, 20 individuals, Dor Golan, near Moshav Shaal in Golan. PM Rabin's office does not regard site as settlement, while FM Peres says it may be dismantled. Settlement leaders say 8,000 new settlers will come to Golan in coming year. (Qol Yisra'el 8/25, IDF Radio 8/26 in FBIS 8/26; MM 8/26)

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)

Faisal Husseini and Haydar 'Abd al-Shafi condemn 3/1 killings in Tel Aviv. Husseini receives letter from Secy. of State Christopher through U.S. consul-general in Jerusalem. (Qol Yisra'el, HaAretz 3/2 in FBIS 3/2; al-Quds 3/5 in FBIS 3/8)

U.S. severs contacts with Hamas, saying they were cultivated to keep up with "developments in the Islamic world," denying any "political dialogue." Hamas will for the first time appear in the State Dept.'s annual report on terrorism, tobe issued 4/1. (WT 3/3)

PLO Exec. Comm. mbr. Mahmud Abbas meets with Russian FM Kozyrev in Moscow, discusses deportees. (al-Hayat 3/4 in FBIS 3/8)

Israeli Health Min. Haim Ramon (Labor) and Interior Min. Aryeh Deri (SHAS) urge govt. to consider unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. (NYT 3/3; Qol Yisra'el 3/2 in FBIS 3/2)

Council of Jewish Settlements in Judea, Samaria and Gaza calls on settlers to open fire if attacked with stones (first in air to deter, then at body if endangered). IDF strongly rebukes lst-ever such call by settlers. (HaAretz 3/3 in FBIS 3/3)

Peace Now reports settlement expansion in at least 8 sites. (Al Hamishmar 3/2 in FBIS 3/3)

Israeli driver stoned and shot dead by Palestinians in Rafah, Gaza Strip. Shots fired from an Israeli car being stoned in East Jerusalem kill 1 Palestinian. (MM 3/2; NYT 3/3; IDF Radio, Qol Yisra'el 3/2 in FBIS 3/3)

Israeli Supreme Court begins hearing to determine final ruling on the legality of the 12/17 deportation of 415 Palestinians to Lebanon. (MM, NYT 1/18)

Deported Palestinian symbolically dismantle tents, hold protest march near Zumayriyya crossing point in southern Lebanon to mark 1 month since expulsion (NYT 1/18; VOL 1/17 in FBIS 1/19)

Egyptian FM 'Amr Musa and FM Peres meet in Jerusalem, discuss deportees issue. (MM 1/18; IDF Radio, Qol Yisra'el 1/17 in FBIS 1/19)

Peace Now accuses Israeli govt. of expanding settlements in areas where it pledged to curtail growth; criticizes road building program in o.t. at expense of roads inside the green line. (MM 1/18)

IDF shoots 3 Palestinians dead during clashes in Shati' camp, Gaza Strip. (MM 1/18)

U.S. shoots down Iraqi jet, mounts cruise missile attack on Iraqi industrial park near Baghdad, in response to Iraq's restriction of UN weapons inspectors and repudiation of the "no-fly zones." (NYT, WP 1/18)