November 26, 1992

French Pres. Mitterrand concludes 2-day visit to Israel, after meeting with PM Rabin, FM Peres, Faisal Husseini. At news conference, Mitterrand says the PLO is "the only valid partner" in peace talks, and without its participation the talks cannot move forward. (MM 11/26, 11/27; ITV, Qol Yisra'el 11/26, 11/27 in FBIS 11/27; NYT 11/27)

Israeli appeals court rules that Palestinian Israeli poet Shafiq Habib is not guilty of fomenting violence in poems praising the intifada; overturns $3,100 fine, 3-year suspended jail sentence. (NYT, WP 11/27)

Israeli org. of Jews who left Arab countries in 1948 calls for precise accounting of property and assets left behind to use when issue of refugee compensation comes up at peace negotiations. (MM 11/26)