Social/Economic/Political
Occupied Palestine/Israel: Israeli border guards arrest 8-year-old and 9-year-old Palestinian children on charges of throwing bombs. Children are released after 1 hour [FJ 8/30]. Israeli authorities expropriate more than 3,000 dunams of agricultural land near Dura [FJ 8/30]. Israel reports discovery and arrest of 3 Fateh cells in Jenin area involved in 11 military attacks on Israeli targets [FJ 8/30]. Israel submits chronology of its involvement in Irancontraffair during 1986 to U.S. congressional panel [WP 8/29].
Arab World: Shi'i protesters in S. Beirut attack food stores and money-changing booths, chant slogans, and burn tires in demonstrations against rising prices [LAT 8/29].
Other Countries: U.S. federal court upholds diplomatic immunity of Major Gen. Amos Yaron in suit brought by ADC for Yaron's role in Sabra and Shatila massacres [WJW 10/1].