Israeli FM Peres, PLO Chmn. Arafat meet in Granada, Spain, in effort to remove barriers to implementation of DoP. Arafat calls mtg. "very important," while an Israeli source describes it as "tense," says PM Rabin "not happy" with mtg. No details revealed by either side, but Peres calls it "a tour d'horizon," not "negotiations." (NYT 12/10)
Secy. of State Christopher meets again in Damascus with Syrian Pres. al-Asad, announces Syria will resume negotiations with Israel and that al-Asad will meet U.S. Pres. Clinton in Geneva 1/94. (CSM, NYT, WP, WT 12/10)
Mansur Shawwa, son of frmr. Gaza City mayor Rashad Shawwa, named by PLO to be 1st mayor of Gaza under Palestinian autonomy. (MM 12/9)
Palestinian farmer Khamis Abu Awad, 51, shot dead by settler from Shiloh settlement nr. Ramallah in West Bank after being ordered off his tractor. (WP, WT 12/10)