September 16, 1989

Social/Economic/Political

Arab World: A three-nation Arab League committee announces a peace plan to end the fighting in Lebanon [NYT, WP 9/17]. PLO chairman Arafat holds his third meeting in 8 days with Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak [NYT 9/17].

Military Action

Occupied Palestine/Israel: 2 Israeli border patrol soldiers are slightly wounded by gunfire from the Jordanian side [NYT, WP 9/17]; a Jordanian soldier is wounded in return fire [MET 9/26].