Attali'ah Newspaper, Issue No. 555, 20 October 1988

Printed in Ṣalah ad-Din Press with Bashir al-Barghuthy as the managing editor, this 12-page issue no. 555 of Attali’ah Newspaper, issued on 20 October 1988, features the following topics: 1. Orders and threats to prevent olive harvesting in 7 villages. 2. Seven killed and 160 wounded in a week, strikes in various parts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. 3. The National Council meeting in November. 4. Secret communications to leverage Jordanian support for Peres' election campaign. 5. In the Israeli soldiers trial: We received orders to shoot at the windows of homes to impose fear. 6. An emergency meeting of the Arab League to discuss the developments of the Lebanon crisis. 7. Gorbachev: Disarmament marks the beginning of a solution to the debt problem of developing countries. 8. Kach Movement between strategy and tactic. 9. The family of detainee Abdel-Hady al-Khatib appeals to the humanitarian agencies to help him receive treatment. 10. The Israeli Occupation Authorities closed six schools in Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. 11. An article by Bashir al-Barghuthy entitled: "The Call for Elections Is Rejected and Its Goals Are Uncovered. 12. Israel's policy against the Intifada produced a Palestinian consensus to resist Israel. 13. Hany al-Hasan: The Jordanian regime is the obstacle in the face of Confederation. 14. Demonstrations and clashes with the Israeli Occupation Forces in the West Bank. 15. Shaheeds of the forty-fourth week. 16.The Israeli Occupation Authorities demolished homes without convicting the owners. 17. The decision of the International Trade Union Conference for Peace and Disarmament to affirm the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination. 18. Jordan is going through an economic crisis, and Palestinians in the Occupied Territories are the first victims. 19. Richard Murphy admits to the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives on the failure of US policy to resolve the Middle East conflict. 20. Abu Mazen: The Soviets support the declaration of an independent Palestinian state. 21. Al-Hurany: The Soviets prefer to hold the council as soon as possible.