Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Immigration Ministry reports immigration in 1st half of 1984 dropped 2.5% from 1983.
Other Countries: US Federal Bureau of...
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Immigration Ministry reports immigration in 1st half of 1984 dropped 2.5% from 1983.
Other Countries: US Federal Bureau of...
Social/Economic/Political Occupied Palestine/Israel: Israel releases 2 more passengers of ferry boat hijacked 6/29, including school-boy Mazen Masri kidnapped by IDF while returning home from...
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Israeli squatters pitch tents on Abu Dis village land (6 km S. of Jerusalem) secretly declared closed; local landowners present written...
Social/Economic/Political
Arab World: West Beirut general strike calls for release of all prisoners held by militias; protesters disrupt Beirut Airport reopening.
Military Action...
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Nablus prisoners' families stage sit-in at Nablus ICRC office in solidarity with prisoners protesting maltreatment in new Nablus prison...
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Al-Najah U. lecturer Sami Kilani gets 4th 6-mo. town arrest term in Ya'bad. Israel prevents journalist Raymonda Tawil from leaving...
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Palestine Women's Union holds 1 st annual conference in Jerusalem, issuing statement supporting PLO unity. US-born Kach member gets 4-yr...
Social/Economic/Political
Other Countries: Austrian Foreign ministry reports progress in efforts to negotiate PLO-Israel prisoner exchange.
Military Action
Occupied Palestine/...
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Mtg. of national institutions in Jerusalem to endorse reconciliation agreements reached in Aden.
Arab World: Lebanese Army takes...
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Israeli Electric Corporation workers strike in wage dispute causing blackouts throughout country.
Military Action
Occupied...
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Israel releases 5 of 9 passengers seized from ferry Alizur Blanco hijacked on 6/29. Nablus authorities renew town arrest of al-Quds...
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: June public currency purchases cause $350 million drop (official figure) in Israel's foreign currency reserves.
Arab World: In...
Military Action
Arab World: Druze forces begin withdrawing artillery from Beirut under gov't. unification plan.
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: German-language Israel Nachrichten (Jerusalem) publishes Israeli bank report that 1000% inflation possible in 1984.
...
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Supreme Court overrules Central Election Com. decision and allows Kach and Progressive List for Peace slates in July elections. About 40...
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Ramallah Dentists' Union member Dr. Husari sentenced to 1?/2 yrs. for membership in illegal organization.
Arab World: Syria...
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Residents of 'Ain Yabroud and Silwad villages regain land from Ofra settlers upon presenting deeds to Ramallah district military...
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Bank of Israel devalues shekel by 2.6%.
Other Countries: UN Regional Symposium on the Question of Palestine opens in New York....
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Israel places Palestine Press Service editor Radwan Abu Ayyash under town arrest in Ramallah, preventing him from traveling to US on...
Social/Economic/Political
Arab World: Lebanese cabinet accepts unification plan including sweeping military reform.
Social/Economic/Political
Other Countries: In Wall Street Journal interview, Israeli DM Arens expresses hope to sell new Lavi jet to US.
Military Action
Arab World:...
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Jewish terrorist Gilad Peli sentenced to 10 yrs. prison for attempted attack on al-Haram al-Sharif.
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Lydd court sentences 'Abd al-Rahman Tum to 25 yrs. and Nabil Nufal to 15 yrs. for attempted bombing at Kfar Sava. Confession of al-Fara'...
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Prisoners at Fara'a prison petition High Court to intervene to stop torture used there. Central Elections Commission votes 18- 17 to ban...
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Political prisoners in Hebron prison end 11-mo. hunger strike after officials promise improved conditions. Justice Ministry reveals...
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Trial of 22 Jewish terror suspects begins in Jerusalem with defense request for 3-mo. adjournment; defendents' supporters attempt to...
Military Action
Arab World: Bomb-laden car explodes near 3 IDF personnel carriers in Zahrani, SE of Sidon, injuring 5-7, killing driver. Syria rushes troops to Lebanon border as IDF advance...
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Al-Jib land broker sells village land to Israeli authorities. Nablus customs police randomly raid local shops exacting advance tax...
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: In plea-bargaining scheme, 2 more suspects admit to membership in Jewish terrorist organization.
Other Countries: Reagan admin....
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: 1st Jewish suspect in 4/26/84 bus bombing plot admits membership in Jewish "terrorist organization." One suspect in Aisha Bahash murder...
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: State attorney denies June 1980 car bomb victims Karim Khalaf & Ibrahim Tawil access to files compiled from evidence. Bulldozers...
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Att.-Gen. accepts request to review death sentence given 2 Palestinian youths 12/27/84. Guardian (London) correspondent says...
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Families of 4 commandos killed by IDF (4/12/84), appeal to Supreme Court for release of full text of Zorea Commission report. IDF erects...
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: 2 Arab nurses fired from Tel Aviv hospital on charge of "using terrorist tactics" on Jewish patients. Police order 13 al-Shayah/Ras '...
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: DM Arens decides, for "security reasons," not to ban Arab-Jewish "Progressive Slate for Peace" election slate. Military censor bans...
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Immigration Ministry reports immigration in 1st half of 1984 dropped 2.5% from 1983.
Other Countries: US Federal Bureau of Investigation announces new investigation into leak to AIPAC of confidential report on free trade prospects with Israel.
Military Action
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Jewish settlers beat up Tu'aimeh Hamad of Ouja village near Jericho, fire warning shots at fellow villager attempting to rescue Hamad, and threaten to attack Ouja by night.
Social/Economic/Political Occupied Palestine/Israel: Israel releases 2 more passengers of ferry boat hijacked 6/29, including school-boy Mazen Masri kidnapped by IDF while returning home from school in Britain. Central Elections Com. censors Meir Kahane campaign broadcast.
Arab World: National Alliance [PFLPGC, Popular Struggle Front, Saiqa & the dissidents] issues statement criticizing Democratic Alliance for not publicizing ongoing dialogue. Lebanese cabinet appoints commission to investigate fate of missing persons. Other Countries: In Cairo, French and Egyptian presidents Mitterrand &Mubarak announce agreement that Reagan plan offers best chance for peace, but int'l. conference proposed by King Hussein is possible alternative. France authorizes assembly of Mirage 2000 warplanes in Egypt, and agrees in principle to their sale to other Arab states.
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Israeli squatters pitch tents on Abu Dis village land (6 km S. of Jerusalem) secretly declared closed; local landowners present written protest to authorities. Beit Sahour Arab Women's Union issues statement negating recent meeting with "civil admin." representative, and pledges to abide by boycott of "civil admin." Jerusalem police arrest Waqf official for allowing funeral with coffin draped with Palestinian flag.
Arab World: Beirut protesters end 4-day blockade of West Beirut and Beirut Airport after Pres. Gemayel promises to place issue of prisoners at top of cabinet agenda. French Pres. Mitterrand in Amman endorses King Hussein's call for UN-sponsored peace negotiations, including 15 members of Security Council and confronting Middle East states.
Other Countries: Chrmn. Arafat meets UN Sec. Gen. De Cuellar in Geneva to discuss proposed UN-sponsored peace negotiations.
Military Action
Arab World: Pro-Israel mayor Jawad Khalifa of Sarafand, S. Lebanon killed by car bomb.
Social/Economic/Political
Arab World: West Beirut general strike calls for release of all prisoners held by militias; protesters disrupt Beirut Airport reopening.
Military Action
Arab World: IDF spokesman claims troops came under small arms fire before shooting indiscriminately at pedestrians in Jibsheet village, killing 1, wounding 3.
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Nablus prisoners' families stage sit-in at Nablus ICRC office in solidarity with prisoners protesting maltreatment in new Nablus prison. Israel discloses hopes to exchange 120 Palestinian soldiers for 3 Israelis captured by PFLP-General Command. After IDF accuses PFLP of responsibility, Druze Initiative Com. issues counter-statement that Israel is to blame for death of Druze IDF soldier Samir As'ad killed in S. Lebanon, calls for Israel to exchange corpse for Palestinian prisoners held. About 35 prominent national figures from West Bank/Gaza issue statement of support for Democratic Front for Peace and Equality in July elections.
Arab World: Chrmn. Arafat meets briefly with King Hussein in Amman to discuss PLO reconciliation.
Military Action
Occupied Palestine/Israel: About 15 Israeli settler families pitch tents near Bethlehem, declaring new settlement named Naot Adumim.
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Al-Najah U. lecturer Sami Kilani gets 4th 6-mo. town arrest term in Ya'bad. Israel prevents journalist Raymonda Tawil from leaving Palestine to Jordan for television appearance.
Arab World: Families of missing civil war hostages burn tires in roadblock demonstration in Beirut, call for militias to release all prisoners.
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Palestine Women's Union holds 1 st annual conference in Jerusalem, issuing statement supporting PLO unity. US-born Kach member gets 4-yr. term (with portion suspended) for raids on Arab property and arson. Hasim Abu Hamad placed under town arrest in Abasan al-Kabirah, Gaza, for membership in Palestinian organization.
Arab World: 3 Ansar escapees hold press conference in Beirut, urging Lebanese gov't. and ICRC to intervene to improve conditions of those imprisoned by Israel.
Military Action
Arab World: Various sources report Shin Bet arrests Rushdi Nahhas in his Bidyas, S. Lebanon bicycle shop, executing him in front of his wife & mother.
Other Countries: Scotland Yard's Anti-Terrorist authorities arrest 3 Mossad-linked Israelis in attempted kidnapping of Nigerian opposition figure Umaru Dikko, found in Lagos-bound crate.
Social/Economic/Political
Other Countries: Austrian Foreign ministry reports progress in efforts to negotiate PLO-Israel prisoner exchange.
Military Action
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Bomb dismantled on Tel Aviv bus; police round up and arrest Arabs in area.
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Mtg. of national institutions in Jerusalem to endorse reconciliation agreements reached in Aden.
Arab World: Lebanese Army takes control of Beirut with "march of salvation" through city.
Military Action
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Dheisheh camp under curfew after stone-throwing incidents occasioned by border police shooting at 5 Bethlehem students (7/3).
Arab World: IDF attacked by small arms fire near Tyre and in Adaiseh village.
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Israeli Electric Corporation workers strike in wage dispute causing blackouts throughout country.
Military Action
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Israeli border police shoot and wound 5 high school students from Volunteer Work Com. at police roadblock harassment of VWC buses near Qubbat Raheel (Rachel's Tomb), Bethlehem.
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Israel releases 5 of 9 passengers seized from ferry Alizur Blanco hijacked on 6/29. Nablus authorities renew town arrest of al-Quds joumalist Moh'd. Amireh & lawyer Ghassan Shaka'a. Luxury hotel workers strike for higher wages. Interior & Religious Affairs Minister Burg says massive settlement of West Bank vital to security, will be carried out despite economic crisis.
Other Countries: 70 delegates from 15 countries attend 2-day Brussels seminar on "Freedom of Trade with Israel."
Military Action
Arab World: Light arms fire directed at IDF near Kafr Kuk, S. Lebanon. IDF reopens Sidon & Tyre ports after weeklong closure.
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: June public currency purchases cause $350 million drop (official figure) in Israel's foreign currency reserves.
Arab World: In Tunis, Chrmn. Arafat says rifts in PLO now healed. Other Countries: At UJA mtg., US Asst. Sec. of State for Human Rights Abrams urges US Jews to support Reagan's anti-Communist efforts in Central America. S. African FM Botha complains to Israeli amb. Lankin of Israeli investment & advisors in Ciskei and Bophuthatswana.
Military Action
Arab World: Druze forces begin withdrawing artillery from Beirut under gov't. unification plan.
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: German-language Israel Nachrichten (Jerusalem) publishes Israeli bank report that 1000% inflation possible in 1984.
Other Countries: Portugal Supreme Court annuls decision by Albufiera court clearing Muhammed Hussein Rashid in Issam Sartawi murder trial (11/11/84).
Military Action
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Lebanese nationalist forces reportedly shoot Katyushas into Israeli settlements in Galilee panhandle, striking Misgav Am, killing and wounding at least 10; IDF spokesman denies report.
Arab World: Suspecting Palestinians aboard, Israeli navy hijacks civilian ferryboat Alizur Blanco in int'l. waters on Cyprus-Beirut run, forcing it to port in Haifa; IDF authorities check passenger identification & seize 9 passengers. IDF soldier wounded by light arms fire near Saksakiya, S. Lebanon.
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Supreme Court overrules Central Election Com. decision and allows Kach and Progressive List for Peace slates in July elections. About 40 IDF soldiers, including elite Golani Brigade members, demonstrate against IDF presence in Lebanon, deliver written protests to PM Shamir and DM Arens. Town arrest renewed for 6 mos. for al-Fajr journalists Musa Jaradat & Fathi Jaradat in Sa'ir, near Hebron. Oslo University donates 2,000 books to Najah Nat'l. U.
Arab World: In Quneitra (Golan Heights) ceremony, Israel exchanges 291 Syrian soldiers & 20 Golan residents held prisoner for 6 POWs taken by Syria; bodies of 5 IDF and 72 Syrian casualties also exchanged.
Other Countries: Bomb explodes in Colombo hotel killing local woman; Sri Lanka police believe intended for 2 resident Israeli advisors.
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Ramallah Dentists' Union member Dr. Husari sentenced to 1?/2 yrs. for membership in illegal organization.
Arab World: Syria reports prisoner exchange agreement reached with Israel through ICRC negotiations.
Military Action
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Bomb planted on Jerusalem bus dismanteld by police.
Arab World: Israeli planes and navy vessels attack alleged PLO base on Nakhl Island, 3 miles off Tripoli coast; 5 killed, 70 injured. 1 IDF soldier killed in light arms ambush near Maarake, S. Lebanon.
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Residents of 'Ain Yabroud and Silwad villages regain land from Ofra settlers upon presenting deeds to Ramallah district military authorities. Bank of Israel devalues shekel (by 1%) for second consecutive day.
Arab World: PLO reconciliation talks in Aden produce tentative political agreement between Fateh and the Democratic Alliance (DFLP, PFLP, PLF and the Palestinian CP). 3 UNRWA officials flee Lebanon after receiving death threats.
Other Countries: US Senate approves FY 1985 aid package for Israel: $1.2 billion economic, and $1.4 billion military aid.
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Bank of Israel devalues shekel by 2.6%.
Other Countries: UN Regional Symposium on the Question of Palestine opens in New York. Israeli MK Rabin meets US Sec. of State Shultz to discuss ways of dealing with Jordan.
Military Action
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Labor alignment election headquarters in Mizpeh Ramon set ablaze.
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Israel places Palestine Press Service editor Radwan Abu Ayyash under town arrest in Ramallah, preventing him from traveling to US on USIA-sponsored tour. Police arrest Shimon Barda, suspected arms supplier to Jewish terrorists (Lifta group). Hadashot publishes poll findings that 54% of Israelis want no Arabs in the country. Israel reaches labor agreement with Histadrut to increase public sector wages by some 15%.
Social/Economic/Political
Arab World: Lebanese cabinet accepts unification plan including sweeping military reform.
Social/Economic/Political
Other Countries: In Wall Street Journal interview, Israeli DM Arens expresses hope to sell new Lavi jet to US.
Military Action
Arab World: In S. Lebanon: IDF raid al-Sharqiya village, setting houses on fire; in clashes near Amiq, IDF kill 2, 1 IDF soldier wounded; Katyusha fired at IDF near Ansariya, RPGs fired at IDF near Tyre.
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Jewish terrorist Gilad Peli sentenced to 10 yrs. prison for attempted attack on al-Haram al-Sharif.
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Lydd court sentences 'Abd al-Rahman Tum to 25 yrs. and Nabil Nufal to 15 yrs. for attempted bombing at Kfar Sava. Confession of al-Fara'a detainee Nidal Hussein disqualified after petition filed verifying confession extracted by torture, US & Israel hold joint military medical exercises for eventual rescue of US personnel from 6th Fleet to Israel. After Bidya residents petition, High Court refuses to endorse Nablus district court order permitting Israeli construction co. Yakir to destroy village land and property.
Other Countries: Rev. Jackson's proposal for US Democratic Party to adopt policy favoring "independent state for Palestinians" defeated (13-2) in platform committee.
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Prisoners at Fara'a prison petition High Court to intervene to stop torture used there. Central Elections Commission votes 18- 17 to ban Arab-Jewish "Progressive List for Peace" from July ballot. Israeli police detain British and Italian military attaches on espionage charges for photographing Tel Hof airbase. At ZOA conference in Jerusalem, PM's advisor Hurwitz confirms Israel's welcome for support from militant US fundamentalist Christians.
Arab World: 4-man military com. begins work on plan to reunite Lebanese army.
Other Countries: Meeting in Hamburg, Universal Postal Union defeats [73-32, 15 abst.] Arab bloc initiative to expel Israel for violation of UN resolutions.
Military Action
Arab World: In gunfire exchange in Nabatiya, IDF shoot 7-yr.-old boy.
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Political prisoners in Hebron prison end 11-mo. hunger strike after officials promise improved conditions. Justice Ministry reveals names of 22 Jewish terror suspects; most linked with Gush Emunim. Com. For Prisoners spokesman Meir Indor claims Israeli gov't. approved terror undergound. Shekel devalued by 1.5% against US dollar.
Arab World: Syrian VP meets with Lebanese leaders in Beirut. Other Countries: American Jewish Com., American Jewish Congress & ADL of B'nai B'rith issue joint statement urging US to maintain oil reserves.
Military Action
Occupied Palestine/lsrael: Bomb found and defused in Kiryat Gat, Negev, bus station. Arab World: In S. Lebanon IDF kill 3 suspected of planting roadside bomb.
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Trial of 22 Jewish terror suspects begins in Jerusalem with defense request for 3-mo. adjournment; defendents' supporters attempt to eject attending attorney Darwish Nasser from courtroom as "PLO presence." Election officials ban Meir Kahane's Kach party from upcoming elections. 6 Palestinian prisoners escape Rafah prison, Gaza; 1 rearrested.
Military Action
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Bomb discovered and defused at Beit Safafa soccer field before game.
Arab World: Jordan's King Hussein announces willingness to send troops to aid Iraqi war effort.
Military Action
Arab World: Bomb-laden car explodes near 3 IDF personnel carriers in Zahrani, SE of Sidon, injuring 5-7, killing driver. Syria rushes troops to Lebanon border as IDF advance near Kamel al-Loz and Ghazze, S. Lebanon.
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Al-Jib land broker sells village land to Israeli authorities. Nablus customs police randomly raid local shops exacting advance tax payments.
Other Countries: Swiss Foreign Ministry confirms its Paris embassy was venue for mtgs. between Iranian & Israeli officials. NY Metropolitain Museum of Art announces disputed Israeli archaeological exhibit rescheduled for fall 1985. [See 1/27/84].
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: In plea-bargaining scheme, 2 more suspects admit to membership in Jewish terrorist organization.
Other Countries: Reagan admin. warns US will pull out of Universal Postal Union if Arab Postal Union proposal to expel Israel is carried out.
Military Action
Arab World: IDF unit in 2-hr. battle with unidentified forces across Syrian border.
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: 1st Jewish suspect in 4/26/84 bus bombing plot admits membership in Jewish "terrorist organization." One suspect in Aisha Bahash murder (2/8/84) released on bail. 13,464 West Bank students take tawjihi exams; only 54% pass. Jurists' Union calls 2-day warning strike. Agricultural com. formed in Gaza to assist farmers with licenses for growing their crops. Israel prevents Hebron soccer team from attending Amman tournament.
Other Countries: Attending Italian CP chief Berlinguer's funeral in Rome, Chrmn. Arafat meets Italy's FM Andreotti. On pastoral visit to Switzerland, Pope John-Paul II meets Swiss Jewish leaders in Freibourg who urge Vatican relations with Israel.
Military Action
Arab World: 6 IDF troops injured in bomb blast near Bazuriya, E. of Tyre. IDF conducts campaign of arrests in Arab Salim, S. Lebanon.
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: State attorney denies June 1980 car bomb victims Karim Khalaf & Ibrahim Tawil access to files compiled from evidence. Bulldozers open several roads on al-Jib villagers' land; owners file case in protest. Arriving in Jerusalem, UN Sec. Gen. De Cuellar received by PM Shamir and FM Kimche who charge UN encourages "terrorists and murderers" seeking Israel's destruction. Kfar Darom yeshiva members tour Gaza, looking for site of future settlement in heart of Gaza city.
Arab World: Lebanese parliament votes in favor of Karami government.
Other Countries: In Geneva, Arab & Muslim countries walk out when Costa Rica Pres. Monge addresses ILO conf. to protest his moving embassy to Jerusalem; US delegation leads standing ovation by Western bloc.
Military Action
Arab World: IDF conducts search of Burj al-Rahal, S. Lebanon; residents hurl stones at IDF, troops shoot at villagers, killing 2. Head of Israel-backed "national guard" in Idwri village, S. Lebanon injured by car-bomb explosion.
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Att.-Gen. accepts request to review death sentence given 2 Palestinian youths 12/27/84. Guardian (London) correspondent says Israeli military censor threatened to "punish" him for printing report of 2 commandos murdered by IDF (4/12/84).
Other Countries: Pro-Israel Christian fundamentalist Mission to America group threatens to sue the New Republic and Hadashot for reporting it contributed millions of US dollars to Jewish terror underground.
Military Action
Arab World: 25-65 killed and 75-200 wounded in artillery exchanges across Beirut's Green Line. IDF unit attacked by light weapons fire while setting road block at Ba'lal village, S. Lebanon; bomb explodes in Nabatiya, injuring 1 IDF patrol.
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Families of 4 commandos killed by IDF (4/12/84), appeal to Supreme Court for release of full text of Zorea Commission report. IDF erects watchtower over Qalandiya refugee camp. Tens of thousands join Peace Now protest in Tel Aviv against continued Israeli occupation of Lebanon; state broadcasting authority bans TV coverage of protest. 5 new West Bank settlements approved [although roadwork for them began 4 mos. ago on expropriated Palestinian olive groves.] Higher Zoning Com. lifts construction ban on Shi'ab Kasseb area of al-Bireh. Delivered to Israel by Jordanian authorities, Samir Hilouh sentenced to 6 yrs. for membership in illegal organization.
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: 2 Arab nurses fired from Tel Aviv hospital on charge of "using terrorist tactics" on Jewish patients. Police order 13 al-Shayah/Ras 'Amoud families to vacate in 21 days homes built on land claimed sold to Israel in 1928. Arab World: In Beirut mtg. with UN Sec. Gen. De Cuellar, Lebanese Pres. Gemayel and PM Karami urge Israel's speedy withdrawal from Lebanon; De Cuellar offers UN as mediating body in negotiations, but rejects Sharon's suggestion that UN troops act as buffer between Syria and IDF in Beqaa.
Other Countries: Demonstrators in Colombo protest presence of Mossad counterinsurgency advisors in Sri Ianka at Pres. Jayewardene's request.
Military Action
Arab World: IDF command post in Tyre comes under light arms fire; RPGs fired on IDF in N. Sidon.
Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: DM Arens decides, for "security reasons," not to ban Arab-Jewish "Progressive Slate for Peace" election slate. Military censor bans article by Neturei Karta's Rabbi Hirsch from publication in al-Fajr. Families of commandos killed (4/12/84) by IDF demand permission to rebuild houses demolished 4/14/84.
Other Countries: US Defense Dep't. notifies Congress of Hughes Aircraft sale of 7 Firefinder mortar-locating radar systems to Israel for $87 million.
Military Action
Arab World: IDF patrols attacked by rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) near Mishki and al-Muhdadi villages, S. Lebanon; grenade attack on IDF patrol in Nabatiya.