January 1, 1990

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: 10 senior journalists from Jerusalem Post, including managing editor David Landau, resign over dispute with publisher Yehuda Levy. [WP 1/2].

Military Action

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Israel imposes indefinite curfew on O.T. to prevent demonstrations commemorating Fateh's first operation in 1965 [WP, LAT 1/2].

Shots are fired at IDF patrol near Hammat Gader from across Jordanian border. IDF returns fire; no injuries [FBIS 1/3].

IDF demolishes unfinished home being built in Jerusalem neighborhood on grounds that stone-throwing incidents took place near the house [FJ 1/8].