Attali'ah Newspaper, Issue No. 559, 17 November 1988

Printed in Ṣalah ad-Din Press with Bashir al-Barghuthy as the managing editor, this 12-page issue no. 559 of Attali’ah Newspaper, issued on 17 November 1988, features the following topics: 1. Congratulating Palestinians on the Intifada. 2. Symbolic weddings rejoicing at the declaration of the state of Palestine, forward to materializing it in reality. 3. Arafat headed to the United Nations to present the Palestinian initiative. 4. The National Council calls for an effective international conference on the basis of international legitimacy and the right to self-determination. 5. The announcement of the Palestinian state is widely welcomed. 6. Arafat in a press conference: The decisions of the National Council expressed flexibility and pragmatism. We gave everything we could for peace. 7. The Palestine Communist Party speech in the Intifada session: Clearly defining our national goals is a weapon we use to benefit the results of the Intifada. 8. The Palestinian Declaration of Independence. 9. Another day of struggle Arab masses in Israel live through. 10. The repression does not stop the Intifada. 11. A campaign against journalists in Jordan. 12. Banning the distribution of newspapers in Palestinian cities during the National Assembly session. 13. Serious warnings about the dangerous conditions in the Negev Prison. 14. Huge potentials in domestic industries that should be made use of. 15. The Iranian threat and oil prices are behind Saudi Arabia's rapprochement with China and the Soviet Union. 16. Europe demands pressure on Israel to accept the international conference, and Conservatives do not oppose the right of the Palestinian people to establish their state. 17. Forty-eight members of the National Council are in Arab Prisons.