December 20, 1986

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: JEC Employees' Union protests proposal to grant service rights for Jewish settlements to IEC, denounces plan as "Israeli-Jordanian conspiracy" [FJ 12/25].

Other Countries: The Los Angeles Times reports that Amiram Nir, a top aide to P.M. Peres, participated in April 1986 efforts to raise funds for shipment of U.S. arms to Iran [LAT 12/20].

Military Action

Arab World: Fighting between Syrian and Tawhid troops continues. At least 30 have been killed, 60 wounded in the last 2 days of fighting [NYT 12/21].