Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: P.M. Shamir says that King Hussein's surrendering of sovereignty of W. Bank "does not create anything significantly new" [WP 8/21. Israeli attorney general Yosef Harish indicts Pinhas Wallerstein, anti-Palestinian extremist, for manslaughter; last January Wallerstein chased 17-year-old Palestinian into a ravine, shot, killed him [WP 8/3]. Shops are closed in the W. Bank as the 1st day of a two-day general strike is observed; strike is to protest deportation of Palestinians [WP 8/3].
Military
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Israel deports 8 Palestinians accused of belonging to Fateh or DFLP [NYT 8/2, LAT 8/2]. In Khan Yunis a 7-month-old Palestinian dies after being exposed to tear gas [FJ 8/7]. Demonstrations occur in Khan Yunis, Rafah, Burayj camps and Gaza City [FJ 8/7].