Attali'ah Newspaper, Issue No. 459, 18 December 1986

Printed in Ṣalah ad-Din Press with Bashir al-Barghuthy as the managing editor, this 12-page document shows issue no. 459 of Attaliʾah Newspaper. Issued on 18 December 1986, this issue features the following news pieces: 1. The Israeli police prevent renovation plans in Aqbat al-Khalidiya. 2. Reducing the Jerusalem Electricity Company’s concession and linking colonies with the Israeli Electricity Company. 3. A mass Soviet solidarity with Palestinians. 4. The formation of a joint Jordanian-Israeli committee to enhance cooperation between the two. 5. Time bombs discovered in the al-Magharba Neighborhood. Colonizers' meetings call for revenge against Arabs. 6. Clashes continue between camp defenders and the "Amal" Movement, military preparations to launch another aggression against Shatila and Burj al-Barajneh Palestinian refugee camps. 7. The resignation of two senior employees of the US National Security Council. The congress forms a committee similar to the "Watergate" committee. 8. New threats against Syria. 9. The authorities respond to events in the Occupied Territories via mass arrests, collective trials, and the establishment of Ansar 2 Prison in Gaza. 10. The Israeli Court looks into the case of Saleh Abdel-Gawad, and the International Committee of Jurists denounces the arrest. 11. Declaring Abu Dis a closed military zone. 12.Daily news of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. 13. Forcing two young Arabs to take off their clothes in Bab al-Amoud (Damascus Gate), Jerusalem. 14. Israeli soldiers and officers expose the ugliness of the Israeli Occupation. 15. Two soldiers guarding each colonizer in Hebron. 16. Throwing three Molotovs at the home of a Jerusalemite. 17. Two sides of life in Latin America. 18. Democracy in Guatemala: 40,000 missing and hundreds dead. 19. News of trade and labour unions. 20. Authorities prevents the Federation of Trade Unions elections in Gaza. 21. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) ministers finally agree to reduce production. 22. Another American spy arrested in Nicaragua. 23. Two sides of US policy in the Gulf: Washington provides Iraq with intelligence information and Iran with weapons. 24. Washington accuses the Soviet Union, Syria and Libya of supporting terrorism.