Issue 228 of the Attali'ah Weekly, 15 July 1982

Published on 15 July 1982, this document shows issue 228 of the Attali'ah Weekly, whose editor-in-chief was Bashir al-Barghouthi and which was printed at the Salah ad-Din Press in Jerusalem. This issue contained numerous subjects, including the Lebanon War and the Saudi policies designed to salvage the position of Philip Habib, US envoy to Lebanon; the difficult situation experienced by the Old Town of the occupied city of Jerusalem; the large-scale detention campaign in Ramallah following the closure of Birzeit University; the Iranian attack against Iraq in addition to the economic recession and the trade slump in Jerusalem. It also contained several political, economic and social news items, and dedicated a section for sports, arts and cultural news.