IDF shoots and wounds 3 Palestinians in Rafah, Gaza Strip, after youths stone IDF post in Rafah, fled into self-rule area where IDF pursued and fired. (WP 6/8)
IDF declares Wadi Shubash, nr. Janin, closed military area, sealing off 32,000 dunams (approx. 7907 acres) of farmland belonging to West Bank villages of Maghir, Raba. (TJT 6/17)
PLO Chmn. Arafat meets U.S. Amb. to Tunisia John McCarthy, discusses international aid to Palestinians. (Algiers VOP 6/7 in FBIS 6/8)
U.S.-Jordanian-Israeli Trilateral Economic Comm. concludes mtg. in Washington, opening negotiations on boundaries, cooperation in economics, tourism, and civil aviation. Jordan and Israel also agree in principle to build highway to link Aqaba, Eilat, and Taba, Egypt, establish joint cultural park on common border. U.S. agrees to consolidate Israeli, Jordanian plans for Jordan Valley development. (MM, NYT, WP, WT 6/8; JP 6/18)
Satmar Rebbe, Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum, head of 25,000-mbr. NY-based anti-Zionist Hasidic sect that considers State of Israel sinful, arrives in Jerusalem on 14-day visit. Teitelbaum, who arrives with 2,000 followers, is greeted by 10s of 1,000s. (MM, NYT, WP, WT 6/8; JP 6/18)
Fateh gains 43.6%, Hamas 42.3% of vote in student council elections at al-Najah University in Nablus. Vote gives Hamas 11 seats on council. (MM 6/8)