Attali'ah Newspaper, Issue No 179, August 6 1981

The one hundred seventy-ninth issue of Attali'ah Newspaper which was published on August 6, 1981. Bashir al-Barghuthy is the issue’s editor-in-chief, and it was printed in Ṣalah ad-Din Press in al-Quds (Jerusalem). The 12-page issue covers the following: 1. News articles on the impact of the Israeli siege of the villages west of Ramallah. 2. A news article on the preparations of the military rule authorities to bring Karim Khalaf, the mayor of Ramallah, to trial. 3. A news article on the preparations of the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions to hold elections for the Federation’s executive committee and their rejection of cutting out the trade unions of al-Quds from the Federation. 4. A news article on the imprisoned leaders of the Golan Heights asserting their Arab nationality and Syrian loyalties. 5. A news article on the achievements of the Union of the Jerusalem District Electricity Company. 6. A news article on the refusal of the Military Commander of the Ramallah area to issue licenses for the buses in Ramallah and al-Bireh District. 7. An opinion piece by Abu Wadida entitled “The Conflict between Israel and as-Sadat over Self-Rule is Bound within the Framework of Ensuring the Success of an American Settlement.” 8. A news article on the Israeli Occupation Forces leaving demolition warnings for houses at Khan Younis. 9. A news article on the high salinity of water and the piling of rubbish in Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip. 10. A news article on the 6th Annual Graduation Ceremony at Birzeit University. 11. An article entitled “We Will Participate in the 6th Nazareth Voluntary Work Camp... All Our Means are at the Disposal of the West Bank Municipalities.” 12. A news article on the preparations made by the Municipality of Nazareth to receive the volunteers participating in the 6th Nazareth Voluntary Work Camp. 13. A news article on the preparations to hold elections at the Services Centre of Bureij Palestinian Refugee Camp. 14. A news article on the brick kilns in Qalqilya going bankrupt. 15. A column entitled “Who is Responsible for the Shattering of Arab Solidarity?”