Issue No 859 of Attali'ah Newspaper, 29 September-5 October 1994

Issued on 29 September-5 October 1994, this 8-page document contains the 859th issue of Attali'ah newspaper, under the supervision of the Editor-In-Chief Bashir al-Barghouthi. The issue was printed at the Salahuddin Press in Jerusalem and focused on several topics including: 1. Heavy losses for banana farmers in the Jordan Valley due to low prices and marketing issues. 2. A call to form a committee to defend the confiscated lands in the southern West Bank. 3. The threat of closure threatens the textile factories in the West Bank. 4. A symposium to discuss the draft Palestinian labour law and the General Federation of Trade Unions announces a boycott. 5. The Ramallah and al-Bireh Message (transforming the offices of the Governmental Teachers’ Institute in Ramallah and al-Bireh into offices of the Authority’s Department of Education). 6. The Jericho Message (unidentified people robbed an agricultural nursery, increased traffic accidents in Jericho, and notifications to several merchants to pay large sums of money to pay taxes). 7. The Nablus Message (The National and Islamic Institutions Committee in Nablus studies the city and general conditions, and the National and Islamic Institutions and Activities Committee agreed to state the widespread use of weapons). 8. The Palestinian Youth Union calls for schools to be closed on the occasion of the olive season. 9. Dr Walid Mustafa writes about the fate of the villages of Imwas, Yalu and Beit Nuba. 10. Re-issue of the an-Nahj magazine. 11. The Jerusalem Message (the Israeli Occupational Forces (IOF) and border guards close Bab al-Amoud Street, and Israeli police officers suggest opening several police stations in order to fill the stations, the Israeli government submits a proposal to surround the city of Jerusalem, and the Israeli Ministry of Tourism approves a plan to build a group of hotels, dozens of young men gather in al-Aqsa Mosque to confront the group of trustees of the Temple Mount, the people of Anata condemn the attack on and burning of a school, and a school in Jerusalem retracts the termination letters against five teachers).