Fmr. Oslo negotiator Ya'ir Hirschfeld gives details of secret verbal understandings the Rabin government reached with the PA. (Nequda 7/14 in FBIS 8/1; MM 7/31; PR 8/9)
In Jerusalem, secular Jews led by Meretz party activists drive down Bar Ilan Street, protesting plans to close the road during Sabbath (see 7/10). 1,000s of ultraorthodox Jews, led by UTJ MK Avraham Ravitz, hurl garbage, stones at the cars, sparking riot. Israeli police use water canons to disperse crowd, arrest 13. (WT 7/14; JP 7/14 in FBIS 7/15; NYT 7/15; WJW 7/18; JP 7/20; WJW 8/8)
In Beirut, fmr. Lebanese Forces militia leader Samir Ja`ja` is acquitted of trying to overthrow the government, masterminding 1994 church bombing that killed 11 worshipers. (WP, WT 7/14) (see 5/20)