Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Erwin Frenkel, editor of the Jerusalem Post, resigns, accusing publisher Yehuda Levy, appointed last July by the paper's new Canadian owners, of seeking editorial control of the English-language daily [WP 12/27].
Arab World: Jordanian government agrees to PLO requests to ease restrictions on movement of people and goods from W. Bank to Jordan [NYT 12/27].
King Husayn's government limits jurisdiction of military courts, significantly easing Jordan's 22-year-old martial law [NYT, WP 12/27].
Military Action
Occupied Palestine/Israel: State-owned Israeli bus carrying Arab workers is hijacked in Israel, driven to W. Bank village of Salafa where it is torched. No injuries are reported [NYT 12/27].
29-year-old Palestinian dies of gunshot wound received 12/25 [NYT 12/27].
30-year-old Ramallah man is shot, killed by IDF after troops opened fire on stone-throwers fleeing arrest [FBIS 12/ 28].
Arab World: Israeli warplanes bomb, destroy Lebanese Communist Party base in Rmaileh, 20 miles south of Beirut. At least 3 dead, 15 wounded. Israeli ground forces, backed by helicopters and artillery, attack another CP camp in Habih Safi, 20 miles north of Israeli-Lebanese border [FBIS 12/26; NYT, WP, CSM 12/ 27].