15 PA officers arrive in Qalqilya to open DCO as 1st stage of IDF redeployment fr. the city. (IDF Radio, VOP 11/28 in FBIS 11/29)
PA takes over property tax collection for Tulkarm; announces Palestinian stamp has been released by the 7 West Bank, Gaza post offices under PA control. (VOP 11/28 in FBIS 11/29; PWR 12/5, 12/29)
PM Peres decides joint Israeli-PA industrial parks may straddle the Green Line, need not be fully in the self-rule areas, making operations in the parks more attractive to entrepreneurs who fear the economic ramifications of Israeli closures of the West Bank, Gaza. (IDF Radio 11/18 in FBIS 11/29) (see 6/8)
Israel's Yedi'ot Aharonot reports that for the past several days, at the request of PM Peres, FM Dir. Gen. Savir has been holding secret talks with a high-ranking Syrian official in a European capital, possibly Brussels. Savir refuses to comment. (QY 11/28 in FBIS 11/28; JP, YA 11/29 in FBIS 11/29)
PA police arrest manager of Hamas's al-Watan, Ramzi Hamad, owner and editor of Islamic Jihad's al-Istiqlal. (RMC 11/28 in FBIS 11/28)
In Bursa, Turkey, unidentified gunmen kill Jewish businessman Nesim Malki, claim retaliation for Fathi Shiqaqi killing in Malta 10/26. (NYT 11/29)
Nr. Hebron, IDF fires rockets at Palestinian house, shoots and kills wanted Hamas mbr. `Abd al-Karim Masalma when he emerges. (WT 11/29)
Hizballah mbrs. in s. Lebanon fire 10s of rockets into n. Israel, wounding 8 Jewish settlers, causing considerable material damage. PM Peres blames Syria for failing to prevent the attack. Hizballah security comm. mbr. Hajj Sa'id Harb is killed in IAF retaliatory air strike. (MM 11/28; QY, RL, VOL 11/28 in FBIS 11/28; IDF Radio 11/28 in FBIS 11/29; CSM, MM, NYT, WP, WT 11/29; WT 11/30; JP 12/9)