May 12, 1989

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/lsrael: Israel asks U.S. for $1.2 billion in economic support, $1.8 billion in military aid for upcoming fiscal year [MET 5/23].

Other Countries: Greek court rules that U.S. can extradite Muhammad Rashid, Palestinian suspected of killing American in 1982 hijacking; earlier courts had ruled that Rashid could not be extraditedue to political nature of crime [FBIS 5/12, NYT 5/13]. World Health Organization (WHO) postpones PLO's request for full membership until next year, increases aid to O.T. [NYT 5/13, FJ 5/15].