March 21, 1989

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: P.M. Shamir says intelligence report calling for PLO talks does not exist [WP 3/22]. Ha'Aretz becomes 1st major Israeli paper to advocate talks with PLO [NYT 3/22].

Military Action

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Utra-orthodox Jewish men throw chairs at Jewish women praying at Western Wall; 1 woman is injured. Police use tear gas to break up confrontation [MET 3/28, JP 4/1].

Arab World: Mine kills 3 Irish UNIFIL troops in S. Lebanon [FBIS 3/21, NYT 3/22].