September 8, 1991

PM Shamir states U.S. has a "moral obligation" to provide Israel with loan guarantees, that Israel would continue to build settlements in the occupied territories. (NYT, WP 9/9)

PLO Ex. Comm., Fateh Central Comm., and general-secretaries of other PLO groups meet in Tunis to prepare agenda for upcoming PNC meeting in Algiers. (Sawt al-Sha'b 8/9 in FBIS 9/9)

Israeli security forces kill Fateh activist Muhammad Mukaskas, wound two others, during gun battle in Jenin. Mukaskas was the second Fateh official recently killed whom Israeli forces had long been seeking to arrest. (MEM 9/10)