Monday, September 5, 1988

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: The Labor party announces that if elected in November it will "terminate Israeli rule over 1.5 million Palestinians" [NYT 9/6].

Other Countries: U.S. ass't. sec. of state for Near Eastern affairs Richard Murphy calls Israel's attempts to end the Palestinian uprising "ineffective" and "counterproductive" [WP 9/7].

Military Action

Occupied Palestine/Israel: TheIsraeli army arrests dozens of people engaged in a bribery operation in which military service is avoided by paying thousands of dollars [NYT 9/7]. In Husan 35 Palestinians are arrested. In Bayt Lid a Palestinian is shot, wounded [FJ 9/11].