Attali'ah Newspaper, Issue No. 616, 21 December 1989

Printed in Ṣalah ad-Din Press with Bashir al-Barghuthy as the managing editor, this 12-page issue no. 616 of Attali’ah Newspaper, issued on 21 December 1989, features the following topics: - The Executive Committee statement: Forming a dialogue delegation representing the Palestinian people is an absolute right of the PLO. - The death of a detainee in his cell in Gaza and forty notices for homes demolition. - Washington confirms and Iran denies the conclusion of the oil agreement. - The Gulf Summit ends its work, renewing support for the Palestinian peace initiative. - The deportation of three women and their children to Jordan. - Another Jordanian step on the road toward democracy. - A military order authorizing the Israeli Occupation Authorities to confiscate properties. - Israel's obstinacy fails in allocating a date for the American-Egyptian-Israeli meeting. - A wide campaign to condemn the massacre committed by the ruling "Ceaușescu Family" in Romania. - A US military aggression against Panama. - Cancelling Christmas celebrations because "hearts are bloody and suffering affects the people". - The Pope receives the delegation of the Tripartite Committee of the Arab Heads of State. - It is better for Israel to recognize the truth and the Palestinian people. Will Palestinian's chaos make a return? - Shaheeds of the 2nd week of the 3rd year of the Intifada. - Israeli sources: out of fifty thousand detained, only seventeen thousand will be tried. - Shamir and the policy of smashing heads. - Residents of Canada's Palestinian Refugee Camp continue to pay the price for "peace deals". - The emergency conference of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany: more freedoms and a new constitution for the Party. - A water crisis may turn into a political crisis between Turkey and Syria because of the "Euphrates" waters. - Stifling economic crisis in Iraq and Ṣaddam tightens his grip. - Pausing the delivery of French weapons to Libya in response to Arab and Western pressure.