The Palestine Chronology

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Israeli P.M. Peres submits resignation to President Herzog as part of 1984 rotation agreement; F.M. Shamir will assume his post (NYT 10/1 1). In West Bank, Israeli settler is knifed outside Hebron; town is placed under curfew (NYT, WP 10/11).

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Israeli Housing Minister David Levy inaugurates two new Jewish settlements in Gaza Strip, bringing total to 15 (NYT 10/9). Funeral of slain Israeli settler in Gaza erupts into anti-Arab demonstration; crowdshout "Death to Arabs," military authorities close dozens of Arab shops in Gaza City (NYT, WP 10/9).

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Second Israeli settler in ten days is stabbed in Gaza market. Settlers demonstrate with chants of "Death to Arabs" and throw rocks at Arab-owned vehicles (WP 10/8).

Arab World: In Beirut, prominent Sunni cleric Shaykh Subhi al-Salih, moderate and vice president of Council of Islamic Jurisprudence, is slain by unknown gunmen (NYT 10/8). PLO Chairman Arafat confirms PLO's military command posts will be shifted from Tunis to Yemen and Iraq, but deniestrains with Tunisian government (NYT 10/9).