Attali'ah Newspaper, Issue No. 607, 19 October 1989

Printed in Ṣalah ad-Din Press with Bashir al-Barghuthy as the managing editor, this 12-page issue no. 607 of Attali’ah Newspaper, issued on 19 October 1989, features the following topics: - Arafat from Baghdad: Stop the killing of people. - Curfews imposed on four Palestinian refugee camps, clashes and the tax collection campaign against Beit Sahour continued. - After the issuance of the Central Council decisions: Palestinian consensus opposing the Baker Plan and affirming adherence to the British peace initiative. - An official reception of Arafat in Prague. - A unified national list for the Jordanian elections, the Jordanian communists are united. - Egyptian-Libyan agreements to normalize relations and the Soviet Union welcomes rapprochement while America opposes. - A compromise formula on the Syrian withdrawal and the Tripartite Committee of the Arab Heads of State is to consider the initiative at the Taif Session. - The German News Agency: Huonker was sacked for health reasons. - Why did the British Consul anger the Israeli Occupation Authorities? - The number of homes demolished in Idhna has reached 35. - October was bloody in the Palestinian Occupied Territories, and the escalation of collective punishments leads, yet again, to large-scale confrontations. - Shaheeds of the ninety-seventh week of the Intifada. - Ze'ev Schiff: The Intifada shook the status quo policy. - Al-Auja farmers insist on staying and clinging to the land despite the drought and cooperative societies and capital owners are invited to contribute to relief farmers from their struggle. - The Intifada tops the work of the Central Council. - An Arab front to support the Intifada. - In El Salvador: peace is in sight. - The escalation of resistance in Sudan against the putschists. - The debts of poor countries dominate Mitterrand's visit to Latin America.