The Palestine Chronology

SociaL/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Mounted Israeli police use truncheons to break up demonstration by ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem; 28 ultra-Orthodox arearrested [WP 9/6]. Members of Islamic bloc at al-Najah U. defy university administration, hold separate celebrations of Islamic New Year. Administration suspends classes [FJ 9/27].

Military Action

Arab World: Israeli warplanes attack 'Ayn al-Hilwah. Up to 41 Palestinians are killed, 40 others wounded [NYT 9/6].

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: In Jerusalem, Israeli police use tear gas and water hoses in clash with ultra-Orthodox Jews protesting showing of films on Friday nights in the city [NYT 8/30; FJ 9/6]. Ibrahim Abu Salim is released from Junayd Prison after 3' months in administrative detention [FJ 9/6].

Arab World: Peaceful demonstrators in Sidon, in S. Lebanon, and Rashayah, in the Biqa' Valley, protest rising food prices; shops remain closed [NYT 8/30].

Other Countries: Palestinian cartoonist Naji al-'Ali dies in London hospital [NYT 8/30].

Military Action

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Israeli army sets up roadblocks at entrances to Birzeit University [FJ 9/6].

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Police use tear gas and clubs to disperse some of the more than 3,000 ultra-Orthodox marching in Jerusalem to protest showing films on Friday nights [JPI 8/15]. Israeli officials remove Taybah monument commemorating Palestinian writer Hanna Muqbil [FJ 8/16].

Other Countries: Ghazi Khuri, director of PLO office in Holland, dies after long illness [FJ 8/16].