Attali'ah Newspaper, Issue 440, August 7 1986

The four hundred and fortieth issue of Attali'ah Newspaper which was published on August 7, 1986. Bashir al-Barghuthy is the issueʾs editor-in-chief, and it was printed in Salah ad-Din Press in al-Quds (Jerusalem). The 12-page issue covers the following: 1. The Administrative Board of Birzeit Universityʾs Union of Teachers and Employees approves a plan for workers to hold a sit-in on campus.  2. Nazareth welcomes thousands of Arab, foreign, and democratic Jewish volunteers who will participate in the annual Voluntary Work Camp. 3. The representatives of Tulkarem and its judiciary call for breaking the Amman agreement. 4. The appointment of an Israeli officer as Chief Justice in Gaza. 5. From the chronicles of the West Bank and Gaza Strip (An Israeli settler demands that the residents of Nahalin pay the cost of his car repairs after he attacked the villagers, Israeli authorities break into a house in Dheisheh Refugee Camp, Israeli soldiers interrupt a wedding in Dheisheh Refugee Camp, land levelling in Khan Yunis, a military training camp for young members of Kach, tearing down Israeli flags that were raised above a building in al-Quds (Jerusalem), an appeal against the demolition order of a house, new Israeli military checkpoints at the entrance of Birzeit, al-Qaq becomes head of el-Hakawatiʾs board of trustees). 6. A section on trials, releases, and arrests. 7. An article entitled “Wrapping Up Four Children Summer Camps with Mass Festivals… The Celebrations Uncover Promising Talent”.  8. The Israeli occupation authorities ban a Palestinian father from visiting his detained son. 9. The Palestinian Medical Relief Society in Gaza uncovers horrifying facts about the health conditions under occupation. 10. The Palestinian Medical Relief Society provide treatment for over 315 patients across the West Bank and Gaza Strip in just one week. 11. Palestinian prisoners in the Beersheba and Hebron prisons go on a hunger strike to protest their poor living conditions. 12. The Workersʾ Union at the Jerusalem District Electricity Company condemns the actions of the Israeli bailiff. 13. The elections of the Union of Public Institutions Workers in Qalqilya. 14. The new administrative board of the Union of Public Institutions Workers in Nablus. 15. An international campaign of solidarity with the prisoners at the Khiam Detention Center in Lebanon.