December 23, 1986

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Three Palestinians are sentenced to life for the murder of a Jewish seminary student on 11/15 in Jerusalem [FJ 12/25]. Ira Rappaport, convicted on 12/10 in connection with a 1980 bombing, is sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison [WT 12/24].

Other Countries: Italy begins investigation into charges that Mordechai Vanunu was abducted by Mossad in Italy and whether Italian laws may have been violated in the process [NYT 12/24].