March 29, 1999

PM Netanyahu orders closure of a Christian affairs office, a news agency, a prisoners' advocacy bureau, all in East Jerusalem, on the grounds that they are linked to the PA, are therefore operating illegally in the city. PA says that the organizations have been operating in the city since before the PA's creation. (MM, NYT, WP 3/30; MM, WT 3/31; AFP 3/31 in WNC 4/1; NYT 4/5; JP, PR 4/9)

Israeli government workers end strike after agreeing to a 4.8% pay increase. (NYT, WP 3/30) (see 3/24)

Fmr. CIA photo analyst Patrick Eddington says that satellite imagery clearly shows that the al-Shifa pharmaceutical plant in Sudan bombed by the U.S. in 8/98 was not a chemical weapons factory. (WP 3/30) (see 2/25)