Attali'ah Newspaper, Issue No 442, August 21 1986

The four hundred and forty-second issue of Attali'ah Newspaper which was published on August 21, 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: - Widespread support for the prisoners on a hunger strike in Hebron Prison. - The US asks its allies in the regions for more punitive measures against the PLO. - Gorbachev renews its ban on nuclear testing. Reagan refuses to heed the Soviet Unionʾs call. - The Jerusalem District Electricity Company goes on strike against the pressures to limit its concession in the East Jerusalem area. - Al-Mithaq and Al-Ahd newspapers continue publishing until the Israeli Court announces its ruling. - Rabin limits his cooperation with “moderates” based on their support of Israeli policy. - The economic crisis in Jordan uncovers the truth about the regimeʾs promises of development. - The Israeli military authorities seize thousands of dunam of Sarta and Biddya lands. - From the chronicles of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. - How did the house of an Arab family become “Jerichoʾs Old Synagogue”? Israeli settlers try to finish what the authorities have started. - In a testimony for Amnesty International: Two thousand children held hostage and tortured in South Africa. - The failure of a new attempt by Israeli settlers to pray in al-Aqsa Mosque. - The US policy and the trafficking of drugs and arms. - Washington mentions new opportunities to expand its influence and calls for the adoption of the Taba negotiations model.