February 8, 1986

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: P.M. Peres states Israel should consider giving Palestinians in occupied territories limited form of self-government [LT, JP 2/10].

Arab World: Yasir Arafat and special U.S. envoy Wat Cluverius leave Amman after 2 weeks of indirect negotiations through Jordanian govt. officials, having failed to reach a compromise [NYT 2/9].