The Palestine Chronology

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Government commission investigating Shin Bet methods reports the security service has routinely tortured suspects and lied about interrogation methods in court; commission calls for "purification process" but no prosecutions of Shin Bet officers [LAT 10/31]. Authorities place 15 Dahayshah residents under administrative detention [FJ 11/1].

Military Action

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Israeli soldiers fire at 'A'idah refugee camp demonstrators protesting killing of Bethlehem U. student Ishaq Abu Surur; 3 are wounded [FJ 11/1].

Arab World: Israeli troops strike Hizballah and Amal targets north of S. Lebanon security zone [LAT 10/31]. 

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Ishaq Abu Surur, student shot in head by Israeli soldiers during Bethlehem U. demonstration 10/28, dies [FJ 11/1]. Jewish settlers fire on student demonstrators at UNRWA's al-Tirah Women Teachers' Institute in Ramallah; school administration closes institute for 1 week [FJ 11/1]. Violent demonstrations break out in Gaza Strip in response to Israeli bulldozing of 4 houses; houses belonged to families of 4 Gazans killed 10/2 by soldiers at Israeli checkpoint [FJ 11/1]. In Lydda, 2 Palestinians abducted in intemational waters by Israeli navy receive prison sentences on charges of Fateh membership [FJ 11/1].

Military Action

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Military orders Bethlehem University closed for 3 months [Fl 11/1].

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Israeli High Court dismisses petition aimed at halting al-Aqsa Mosque renovations [FJ 11/1].

Other Countries: Israeli Delegate to UN Benjamin Netanyahu attacks Syrian proposal for UN conference on terrorism [NYT 10/29].

Military Action

Occupied Palestine/Israel: IDF soldiers clash with Bethlehem University students commemorating Kafr Qasim massacre; 2 students are seriously wounded [FJ 11/1]. Israeli troops uproot estimated 2,000 olive trees in Negev, claiming trees are on state-owned land [FJ 11/1].

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Classes at al-Najah University resume after 6-week closure [FJ 11/1].

Other Counties: Nawal Hamad and her 4 children, Palestinian Americans who were denied entry to Israel, and Marvin Vaughn, a black American also denied entry to Israel, file suit against Pan American Airlines charging violations of their civil rights and false imprisonment. ADC calls for boycott of airline [EJ 11/1]. Amnesty International issues report on Syrian torture of political prisoners, including large number of Palestinians [NYT 10/28].

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Knesset approves measure giving concession for Jewish settlements to Israel Electric Company, restricting concession of JEC [FJ 11/1]. Israeli authorities lift Gaza Strip travel ban [FJ 11/1].

Other Counties: In New York, 2 Jewish Defense League members are sentenced for their roles in 1984-86 bombings [WP 10/27].

Military Action

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Shortly after curfew is lifted at Dahayshah refugee camp, soldiers again raid camp [FJ 11/1].

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: In Gaza Strip, 2 secondary schools are ordered closed until 11/10 [FJ 11/1]. Jerusalem court orders Israeli settlers living in disputed Jerusalem house not to begin renovations before court hearing [FJ 11/1].

Arab World: Abu 'Ali Shahin, S. Lebanon Fateh political leader, arrives in Tunis for consultations with PLO leaders [FJ 11/1].

Military Action

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Estimated 1,500 Israeli soldiers raid Dahayshah refugee camp, arrest 18 residents, impose curfew [FJ 11/1].

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: In Jerusalem, 2 senior U.S. diplomats visit Mubarak 'Awad, Palestinian American director of Palestinian Center for the Study of Nonviolence, and call on Israeli government to reissue residence permit for 'Awad [WP 10/29]. Heads of Arab local councils cancel plan to hand over council keys to Israeli authorities in favor of more militant measures [FJ 11/1].

Other Countries: In Vermont, 3 Lebanese-born Canadians are arrested for trying to smuggle bomb across U.S. border [NYT 10/25].

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: W. Jerusalem authorities confiscate W. Bank and Gaza Strip produce for 3d straight day [FJ 10/25]. Al-Najah University Student Council announces university will not reopen 10/24 [FJ 10/25].

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Nablus military court sentences 2 Palestinians to life imprisonment for murder of Nablus Mayor Zafir al-Masri [WP 10/22]. Tulkarm College is ordered closed until 10/26 [FJ 10/25]. Israeli sources report Israel, Jordan, and U.S. are discussing plan for peace conference under joint U.S.-U.S.S.R. auspices [NYT 10/22].

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Al-Najah University administration announces agreement between university and student groups. Students from Islamic Bloc deny they have consented to agreement [FJ 10/25].

Other Countries: After talks with Jordan's King Hussein in London, U.S. Sec. of State George Shultz expresses frustration over stalled plans for intemational peace conference [NYT 10/21].

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: In Gaza, 3 Israeli buses used to transport Palestinian workers to Israeli factories are torched [FJ 10/25]. In Jerusalem's Old City, rabbinical students attack 4 Arabs; police arrest 3 Jews [CSM 10/20].

Arab World: Palestinian child abducted in Beirut 3 months ago is released by his kidnappers [FJ 10/25].

Military Action

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Demonstrations are reported in Shu'fat refugee camp, Hebron, and E. Jerusalem [FJ 10/25].

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Group of 9 Palestinian W. Bank and Gaza Strip leaders refuses to meet with U.S. Sec. of State Shultz in Israel [LAT 10/19]. Shultz concludes 3 days of talks with P. M. Shamir and F. M. Peres [WP 10/19]. One of 4 Gazans shot by Israeli border guards 10/17 says guards opened fire after car stopped [FJ 10/25]. Palestinian youth is shot in leg by guard at Egged bus stop [FJ 10/25]. In Kisan, 2 Palestinian houses are demolished; house in al-Sawahrah al-Sharqiyyah is also bulldozed [FJ 10/25]. Body of Misbah al-Suri, Gaza resident killed 10/1 by IDF soldiers, is delivered to family for burial [FJ 10/25].

Military Action

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Israeli soldiers raid Jabaliyyah refugee camp school to break up demonstration; 1 student is injured [FJ 10/25]. Troops use tear gas and live ammunition to disperse demonstration at Islamic University in Gaza [FJ 10/25]. In the W. Bank, 1 Palestinian is wounded when IDF soldiers clash with demonstrators at Jenin refugee camp; 3 other Palestinians are shot, wounded in Nablus [FJ 10/25]. Israeli troops teargas anti-Israel demonstrators at Arab College of Nursing in al-Birah. School administration closes college for 2 days [FJ 10/25].

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Palestinians in W. Bank and Gaza Strip observe general strike to protest visit of U.S. Sec. of State George Shultz [FJ 10/18]. In Jerusalem, close to 30 members of Kach movement clash with al-Aqsa guards when group attempts to enter mosque [FJ 10/25].

Military Action

Occupied Palestine/Israel: At military checkpoint in Nusayrat area of Gaza Strip, 4 Palestinians are shot, wounded when their car skids into checkpoint booth; Palestinians claim they were unable to stop in time due to rainy conditions [FJ 10/18].

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: U.S. Sec. of State George Shultz flies to Israel for official visit [WP 10/17]. Beersheba court orders 48 bedouin families evicted from disputed land in the Negev and fines each family IS 3,000 [FJ 10/25]. Beersheba magistrate sentences border guard to 6 months imprisonment for beating Palestinian truck driver in 1984 [FJ 10/25]. Israeli officials ban all Arabic daily newspapers in occupied territories [FJ 10/25].

Other Countries: Former U.S. Pres. Jimmy Carter says he met with PLO officials while on visit to Algiers earlier this year [FJ 10/25].

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: P. M. Shamir expresses confidence U.S. Sec. of State George Shultz will not pressure Israeli govemment into participating in international peace conference [WP 10/16]. Inside green line, 47 Arab local councils strike for 2 hours to protest Israeli policies in the occupied territories [FJ 10/18].

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Israel announces arrest of close to 50 "suspected terrorists" in Gaza Strip [LAT 10/15]. Mother of escaped prisoner recently killed in Gaza is released from detention [FJ 10/18]. Travel ban on Gaza residents is reinstated [FJ 10/18].

Arab World: Amal and PLO officials announce new agreement to end fighting around Sidon camps [CSM 10/15].

Other Countries: U.S. State Dept. announces PIO has been granted 6-week extension to comply with order closing the office [CSM 10/16].

Military Action

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Palestinians throw stones at IDF troops in E. Jerusalem. Israeli soldiers use tear gas to disperse demonstrating schoolgirls in Ramallah [LAT 10/15].

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Israel's Foreign Ministry announces it has granted permission to Soviet delegation to extend its stay for an additional 3 months [NYT 10/14]. Israeli security officials disclose arrest of about 50 suspected guerrillas in Gaza Strip [LAT 10/15]. Students at Birzeit University protest killing of Ramallah woman 10/12 [FJ 10/13]. Jerusalem Electric Company rejects Israeli cabinet decision to reduce utility's area of service [FJ 10/18]. Palestinian political prisoners in Asqalan Prison end strike against visits after meeting with prison officials [FJ 10/18]. Members of Kach movement atempt to set fire to Natanya apartment of 4 Arabs [FJ 10/18]. Mother of recently slain Gazan is being held in Asqalan Prison on charges of hiding her son [FJ 10/18]. W. Jerusalem municipality demolishes Arab-owned house in Walajah, near Bethlehem, charging house was built without license [FJ 10/18]. Khadduri College in Tulkarm is closed by school's administration for 1 week; students protest closure [FJ 10/18]. Residents of Kisan village, southeast of Bethlehem, hold sit-in at Bethlehem Red Cross offices to protest planned destruction of their village. Israel plans to erect settlement on the site [FJ 10/25].

Military Action

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Israeli troops fire tear gas to disperse demonstrating schoolgirls in Ramallah. Soldiers clash with stone-throwing student demonstrators in E. Jerusalem [LAT 10/15; FJ 10/18]. Soldiers force some Ramallah shopkeepers to end commercial strike [FJ 10/18].

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: E. Jerusalem schools, shops remain closed to protest 10/11 clash between police, Jews, and Muslims at al-Aqsa Mosque [FBIS 10/13]. EEC Commissioner Claude Cheysson concludes 3 days of negotiations with Israeli leaders on direct export of W. Bank and Gaza Strip produce to W. Europe [MET 10/24]. Military orders 2 Gaza Strip secondary schools closed for 1 week [FJ 10/18]. Israeli officials partially lift travel ban for Gaza residents [FJ 10/18].

Arab World: Fateh official Abu Iyad (Salah Khalaf) announces that group of Palestinian notables from occupied territories has requested meeting with U.S. Sec. of State George Shultz during his visit to Israel [FBIS 10/13].

Military Action

Occupied Palestine/Israel: In Ramallah, Palestinian bystander is shot, killed when Israeli troops open fire on stone-throwing demonstrators; 5 other Palestinians are injured [FBIS 10/13; WP 10/14]. Violent protests continue in Gaza Strip [FBIS 10/13]. At Bethlehem University, stonethrowing student demonstrators clash with IDF soldiers; university is ordered closed until 10/18 [FJ 10/18].

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: At least 500 Muslim demonstrators clash with members of Temple Mount Faithful attempting to pray near al-Aqsa Mosque. Police escorting Jewish worshipers respond with tear gas and waming shots; 3 Palestinians and 3 policemen are injured. [WP 10/12] E. Jerusalem strike and Nablus march protest al-Aqsa clash [FJ 10/18]. Yigdal Shahaf dies of injuries sustained in 10/10 attack [MET 10/24]. Israeli driver shoots Palestinian youth allegedly throwing stones [FJ 10/18]. In Hebron, Muslims and Jews clash at Ibrahimi Mosque [FJ 10/18]. Employee strike at Abu Dis College of Science and Technology ends [FJ 10/18].

Other Countries: Morris Abram, head of Conference of Presidents ofMajor American Jewish Organizations, says he has pledged noninterference by U.S. Jews in intemal Israeli affairs [NYT 10/12].

Military Action

Occupied Palestine/Israel: In Gaza City, protesters burn tires, throw stones at soldiers. Soldiers force merchants to open shops; curfew is lifted [LAT 10/12].

Arab World: Palestinian fighters repulse Amal attack near 'Ayn al-Hilwah; 7 are killed [WP 10/12]. Mustafa Sa'd, leader of Nasserite Popular Liberation Army, announces his forces, which are serving as buffer between Amal and Palestinian fighters, are withdrawing [WP 10/12].

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Gaza City shops observe 1-day strike [WP 10/11]. Yigdal Shahaf is shot in head, seriously wounded by unknown assailant near Damascus Gate [WP 10/11; MET 10/24]. Caller allegedly from Force 17 later claims responsibility, charges Shahaf was Mossad agent [FJ 10/18]. Arab World: In speech to Jordanian Parliament, King Hussein blames Likud for dimmed prospects for peace conference, announces postponement of elections for lower house of Parliament for at least 2 years [WP 10/11]. PLO Executive Com. Chairman Yasir Arafat holds talks with Arab League Sec. Gen. Chedli Klibi in Tunis [FBIS 10/13].

Military Action

Occupied Palestine/Israel: In 3d consecutive day of violence in Gaza Strip, Israeli troops use live ammunition to disperse stonethrowing demonstrators at Gaza's Islamic University, injuring at least 3 students. In separate Gaza City incident, at least 8 Palestinians are wounded by Israeli troops firing live ammunition and tear gas at stone-throwing demonstrators [WP 10/11; FBIS 10/13].

Arab World: Hospitals near Sidon report 7 are killed, 10 wounded in daylong battles between Amal and Palestinian forces around 'Ayn al-Hilwah [WP 10/12]. IDF fighter planes strike PFLP target in Biqa' Valley [NYT 10/11; FBIS 10/13]. Lebanese fighters claim to down IDF helicopter during Biqa' raid; IDF denies allegation [FBIS 10/13].

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Large number of women participate in demonstration in Gaza City's Sha'jayyah quarter, shouting pro-PLO slogans and demanding end to curfew [FJ 10/11]. Arab and Israeli bus passengers fight in Jerusalem; some Israelis are reported injured [FJ 10/11].

Military Action

Arab World: Palestinian forces from 'Ayn al-Hilwah refugee camp in S. Lebanon recapture villages of Baysur, jinsnaya, and Maharbiyyah from Amal. Amal denies Palestinians have captured Kafr Hatta [FBIS 10/9; WP 10/12].

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Total strike in Gaza protests killing of 4 Palestinians 10/6 [FJ 10/11]. Also in Gaza, youths throw stones at Israeli vehicles, burn tires in roads; 5 Israelis are injured by stones thrown at tourist bus [FBIS 10/9]. Trustees of al-Najah, Birzeit, al-Quds, and Islamic universities meet in Nablus [FJ 10/11]. IDF checkpoint outside al-Birah prevents students from attending classes [FJ 10/11]. Representatives of striking employees from Abu Dis College of Science and Technology meet with administration officials [FJ 10/11]. Al-Dustur reports Higher Education Council has approved establishment of 3 new community colleges on W. Bank: 2 in Hebron and 1 in Bethlehem [FBIS 10/9].

Other Countries: Reagan administration drops plan to sell Saudi Arabia Maverick anti-tank missiles in effort togain congressional support for remainder of arms sale package [NYT 10/9]. Washington Jewish Weekly reports U.S. Sen. Lawton Chiles, chairman of Senate Budget Com., is supporting Israeli request to refinance part of its debt [WJW 10/8].

Military Action

Arab World: Israeli warplanes attack Tyre [FBIS 10/9]. Amal and Palestinians exchange machine gun and rocket fire southeast of Sidon. State of alert is declared for Shatila and Burj al-Barajinah refugee camps in Beirut [FBIS 10/9].

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Israel lifts blackout on 10/6 shoot-out between IDF patrol and Palestinians in Gaza Strip [FJ 10/11]. District court in Jerusalem upholds 6- month administrative detention order for Faysal Husayni, director of the Arab Studies Society [FJ 10/11]. Birzeit University students protest expulsion of Zakaria al-Nahhas, a graduate of BZU [FJ 10/11]. Military officials declare Gaza coast a closed military area, prohibiting fishermen from going to sea [FJ 10/11]. Sabah Hindi, brother of girl who died while in police custody, is released from prison [FJ 10/11]. Gen. Yitzhak Mordechai warns of clampdown on activities of Islamic Jihad [FBIS 10/8].

Arab World: PLO Central Com. ends 2-day meeting in Tunis [FJ 10/11]. Nabih Birri meets with Algerian Ambassador Hadi Missa'ud, requests Algerian intervention to enforce cease-fire in camps war [FBIS 10/8].

Military Action

Arab World: Palestinian fighters battle Amal forces in Maghdushah, Jinsnaya, and Baysur near Sidon [FBIS 10/7].

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: P. M. Yitzhak Shamir expresses anger over American Jewish Congress call for international peace conference and "realistic alternative" to military occupation of W. Bank and Gaza Strip [WP 10/7]. Sabah Hindi, whose sister died under mysterious circumstances while in police custody, is arrested and charged with plotting attack against border guards implicated in her death [FJ 10/11].

Other Countries: UNRWA Commissioner Gen. Giorgio Giacomelli calls on Amal to allow relief organization torebuild destroyed refugee camps before winter [FJ 10/11]. Fawwaz Yunis pleads not guilty in U.S. court to charges related to 1985 Beirut hijacking of Jordanianirplane [WP 10/7]. Faruq al-Qaddumi, head of PLO Political Department, meets with UN Sec. Gen. Perez de Cuellar in New York [FBIS 10/9].

Military Action

Occupied Palestine/Israel: In Gaza City, shoot-out between IDF patrol and Palestinians leaves 4 Palestinians, 1 Shin Bet officer dead; Israel alleges Palestinians belonged to Islamic Jihad; 2of the Palestinians killed escaped from Gaza Prison in May. Soldiers seize guns and ammunition found in Palestinians' possession. Police impose curfew [WP 10/8; FJ 10/11].

Arab World: Israeli warplanes conduct "mock raids" over 'Ayn al-Hilwah refugee camp near Sidon [MET 10/17].

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Zakaria al-Nahhas, from al-Birah, is expelled to Jordan upon his release from prison [FJ 10/11]. Families of Palestinian political prisoners are beaten by guards at Asqalan Prison [FJ 10/11]. Hebron taxi drivers file suit against Israeli police, charging harassment [FJ 10/11]. Residents of Bayt Sahur are banned from traveling to Jordan [FJ 10/11].

Arab World: PLO Central Com. opens 3-day meeting in Tunis [FBIS 10/6].

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/lIsrael: Israeli P. M. Yitzhak Shamir meets with 7 pro-Jordanian W. Bank Palestinians; the Palestinians later meet with Shmuel Goren, Israeli coordinator for W. Bank, to discuss economic problems of the territory [FJ 10/11; MET 10/17]. Al-Fajr reports former Hebron Mayor Mustafa Natshah and Gaza attorney Fayiz Abu Rahmah have been denied permission to attend conferences abroad [FJ 10/4]. Abu Dis College of Science employees launch strike to protest ban on establishment of union [FJ 10/11]. Woman charged with attempting to stab Israeli border guard 10/2 is ordered back into custody [FJ 10/11]. Hebron University reopens after 2-week military-ordered closure [FJ 10/11]. Gaza taxi drivers file suit against city police department for excessive ticketing near Eretz crossing [FJ 10/11]. Palestinian youth wounded by IDF bullet dies in hospital [FJ 10/11]. Davar reports Irael and Nigeria have agreed to restore low-level diplomatic relations severed in 1973 [CSM 10/5].

Arab World: PLO accuses Amal of shelling Shatila refugee camp in attempt to undermine Sidon cease-fire agreement [FBIS 10/6].

Military Action

Arab World: SLA patrol attacks UNIFIL position, killing 1 Nepalese soldier [MET 10/17].

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Israel rejects Norwegian request to place heavy water supplied by Norway in 1960 under supervision of International Atomic Energy Agency [FBIS 10/6].

Other Countries: France abandons plan to buy used Hercules planes from Israel [FBIS 10/6].

 Military Action

Arab World: In S. Lebanon security zone, IDF patrol shoots, seriously wounds Lebanese man allegedly trying to run down soldiers [FBIS 10/6].

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: About 50 Israelis attack 12 Palestinian workers in the Galilee; 1 Palestinian is seriously wounded [FJ 10/11]. F. M. Peres returns to Israel after visit to U.S. for opening of UN Gen. Assembly session [FBIS 10/2]. Reports say Norwegian delegation of F. M. officials and nuclear energy experts has left Israel after investigating Israeli use of Norwegian-supplied heavy water [FBIS 10/2].

Other Countries: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) confirms it will represent Palestine Information Office Director Hasan 'Abd al-Rahman in court battle to halt U.S. State Dept.-ordered closing of PIO [NYT 10/3].

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/lIsrael: Reports indicate F. M. Peres has rejected U.S.S.R. offer to establish low-level diplomatic ties and is pressing for full diplomatic relations with U.S. S. R. [NYT 10/2]. Druze local councils in 10 villages begin 2-day warning strike protesting Israel's refusal to disburse funds as promised [FJ 10/4].

Other Countries: Egyptian F. M. 'Ismat 'Abd al-Magid holds talks with Israeli F. M. Shimon Peres in New York [FBIS 10/2].

Military Action

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Israeli troops shoot at car allegedly refusing to stop at roadblock in Gaza Strip, killing 3 Palestinians [FJ 10/4].

Arab World: Clashes between Palestinian and Amal forces are reported east of Sidon [FBIS 10/2].