January 25, 1985

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Bezek, natl. tele-communications company, cuts off 1,000 IDF telephones for non-payment of bills; Min. of Defense $75 million in debt [LAT 1/26]. Over 1,500 march through streets of Nazareth protesting discriminatory policies by govt., Histadrut towards the city in light of its 25% unemployment [FJ 2/1].

Military Action

Occupied Palestine/Israel: Gasoline bomb severely injures Israeli driving near Qalqiliya [JP 2/1]. 2 IDF vehicles destroy more than 1,100 olive trees in al-Mill (Area 9) orchards near Sakhnin, 'Arrabeh; 2nd attack since 1/9 [Fl 2/1].