Attali'ah Newspaper, Issue No. 672, 17 January 1991

Printed in Ṣalah ad-Din Press with Bashir al-Barghuthy as the managing editor, this 12-page issue no. 672 of Attali’ah Newspaper, issued on 17 January 1991, features the following topics: 1. Al-Haq and other human rights organizations issued separate statements in which urgent appeals were made to the international community regarding the dangers looming from a possible war in the Gulf and its impact on Palestinians. 2. A Knesset member representing the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality visits Shatta Prison to examine the conditions of prisoners. 3. The Israeli Occupation Authorities suppress demonstrations denouncing those seeking war ... The demand for international protection for Palestinians continues to expand (demolition, curfews, uprooting trees, closure of entrances, confiscations). 4. News from Gaza, Hebron, and Ramallah. Gaza news included: a women's sit-in at the headquarters of the Red Cross to provide protection for the Palestinian people, mass rallies in the Jabalia Palestinian Refugee Camp in solidarity with the Iraqi people in their war with America, representatives of bodies and institutions attended a farewell ceremony for the Security Affairs Coordinator, moving prisoner Jaber Weshah to solitary confinement, imposing a high tax on a citizen working in Israel, the residents of the Nuseirat Palestinian Refugee Camp suffer from poor electricity, the Theatrical Candles troupe; Hope in Arts and Theater, performed the play "Alu America (Hello America)". News from Hebron reported: public hospitals prepare to receive citizens in the event of inhaling gas during the expected Iraq war, grumbling and indignation from students due to the quick examination procedures due to what may the Gulf War induce, the continuation of issuing green cards, reopening the Dabuya Road after a 24-day closure. News from Ramallah reported: raiding a citizen's house in order to force him to build a wall under the pretext of preventing boys from throwing stones, a mass women's march in Ramallah to demand international protection for the Palestinian people, a women's march in Birzeit calling for peace and condemning the Gulf War. 5. War hangs over Gazans and people share fortified houses. 6. Curfew continues on Silwad and Ein Yabrud. 7. Grave financial losses in Israel because of the Gulf War. 8. The Israeli Occupation soldiers declare that they do not control Gaza, but rather the main streets.