Attali'ah Newspaper, Issue No. 509, 3 December 1987

Printed in Ṣalah ad-Din Press with Bashir al-Barghuthy as the managing editor, this 12-page issue no. 509 of Attali’ah Newspaper, issued on 3 December 1987, features the following topics: 1. A new wave of administrative arrests, and the closure of al-Asriya Community colleges in Beitunia. 2. Israel is preparing for new aggression, and Washington supports a retaliatory strike. 3. Shultz thanks Saudi Arabia for military cooperation in the Gulf. 4. American immigrants to colonies in the West Bank. 5. Hussein authorizes Mubarak to communicate with Israel, joint Egyptian manoeuvres with Arab countries. 6. Arab and world leaders: The success of the Soviet-American summit provides an opportunity for conflict resolution. 7. A common interest for the forces of liberation and peace. 8. American masses show interest in the interview with Gorbachev. 9. Arafat: The Soviet Union is with the establishment of a Palestinian state and supports the Palestine Liberation Organisation. 10. The Augusta Victoria Hospital staff suspend their strike after receiving a response to their demands. 11. The closure of four shops in Ramallah. 12. Gazan fishermen demand the expansion of the fishing area and mock Goren's pretence to care for their interests. 13. Daily news of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. 14. Hundreds of Palestinian workers in Israeli Berman bakeries demand an end to discrimination. 15. The Workers Union at Birzeit University stops talks with the Administration. Attali'ah interviews Dr Baramki about causes of disagreement with the Union. 16. The names of those wounded during the clashes of last Sunday and Monday. 17. A document: The statement of the Iraqi, Syrian and Lebanese Communist parties and the National Liberation League in Palestine to the Arabs in October 1948. 18. A lesson from the past on the anniversary of the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine. 19. Nayef Hawatmeh: The Palestinian Authority's refusal of the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine lost it a historic opportunity. 20. Six years later: The fate of the Canada Palestinian Refugee Camp is still pending. 21. News of trade and labour unions. 22. Unemployment in Europe. 23. The Habré regime talks about mock combat, and the American administration is returning to "Libyan terrorism". 24. Iranian conditions on Egypt. 25. Egyptian fraud on the Arab boycott.