January 11, 1985

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Hundreds of Palestinians, including Bethlehem mayor Freij, receive letters from MK Kahane stating: "Leave-or face catastrophe" [FJ 1/1 1]. Female political prisoners at Neve Tertza prison placed in solitary confinement for continuing their strike [FJ 1/11].

Military Action

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Gasoline bomb thrown at IDF patrol in Gaza; no injuries [JP 1/13]. Village League members attack Ata Manna', head of Dheisheh Voluntary Works Committee, in Bethlehem; Border Guards fail to intervene; over 400 Dheisheh residents later destroy home of Village League leader Yassin Jabber, injuring him [FJ 1/18, GU 2/6].