The Palestine Chronology

2,000 Israelis hold march in Jerusalem in support of DoP and to protest settler vigilante actions. 300 right-wing counterdemonstrators kept separated fr. peace marchers by police. (WT 12/12)

Hamas leads march in Gaza City to mark intifa adanniversary, protest Israel-PLO accord. IDF opens fire, wounding 1 Palestinian. Similar march held by Islamic Jihad in Jabaliya camp. (WP, WT 12/12)

IDF officer killed, soldier wounded in antitank missile attack on IDF patrol in "security zone," southern Lebanon. (Qol Yisra'el 12/11 in FBIS 12/13)

In cabinet meeting, PM Rabin accuses U.S. of yielding to Palestinian pressure in considering Jerusalem negotiable. At same meeting, Meretz and some Labor cabinet members, reportedly including FM Peres, call for direct dialogue with PLO. (WT 7/5; MM 7/5; Qol Yisra'el 7/7 in FBIS 7/7)

Israeli Dep. FM Yossi Beilin assails AIPAC as "right-wing" and unrepresentative of moderate American Jewry (see 7/1). (WT 7/5)