September 28, 1986

Social/Economic/Political Occupied Palestine/lIsrael: Israel appoints mayors of Hebron, Ramallah, and alBirah: respectively, 'Abd al-Majid Zir, Khalil Musa Khalil, and Hasan Tawil, all political moderates close to Jordan. (Israel had dismissed elected mayors in 1982) (WP 9/29). Thousands of Israelis jeer as P.M. Peres dedicates square in Ashqelon named for Moroccan King Muhammad V (NYT 9/29).