Issue No 865 of Attali'ah Newspaper, 1 November 1994

Issued on 1 November 1994, this 8-page document contains the 865th 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. Hebron residents see the new Israeli measures at the Ibrahimi Mosque as a reward for colonizers. 2. Continuous efforts between the Palestinian Authority and medical relief to confront cholera. 3. News published on the first page about the meetings of Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin and the autonomy agreement. 4. From international and Arab news, there was a story about the memory of the Algerian revolution and another news about the US Congress elections. 5. Bassam as-Salihi writes, "On the Sidelines of the Preparations for the Birzeit University Student Council Elections." 6. The Ramallah and al-Bireh Message (Assaults on citizens in Ramallah and al-Bireh, a new conference of the People’s Party in Ramallah attended by an Israeli delegation in order to discuss the concepts of a just peace, a sharp dispute between the students of Ramallah School for Boys between supporters of Hamas and Fatah, the people of Sinjill condemn the attack on their school, suspects stop cars and assault them in Birzeit, selling oil to collect donations, occupation patrols carrying out extensive searches, and the idea of ​​setting up children’s clubs). 7. The Qalqilya Message (The bulldozing of new lands for the purpose of expanding a settlement, the occupation authorities requesting magnetic identities from citizens in order to issue permits, an increase in the prices of foodstuffs such as vegetables and fruits, an unprecedented commercial stagnation due to the continued imposition of the security cordon, preventing men from travelling to the occupied territories after a bus bombing incident, the closure of a road in Qalqilya with cement, a storm that caused great damage to greenhouses, the start of the recruitment of workers to the Trade Union Federation, and the formation of a fathers’ council in a Qalqilya boys’ school). 8. The Jenin Message (A crime of murdering a young man, a cooperation between the Youth Union and CARE Foundation to develop a joint plan to work at the Palestinian Counseling Center). 9. The Hebron Message (Disappointment of the students’ families with the return of the dismissed workers to their work, plague victims, and the confiscation of 4 dunums of a citizen’s land). 10. After transferring effective control of the Ibrahimi Mosque from the endowments to the occupying forces, the new arrangements include 30% for Muslims and 70% for Jews. 11. The Bethlehem Message (Citizens appealed to the municipality to unblock the sewers after the rain, a Swedish delegation visiting Nahalin, the Hebron prison administration preventing a lawyer from visiting his client, receiving a Canadian delegation, new Jordanian procedures on bridges, including possession of a yellow card, the Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry in Bethlehem writes to the Jordanian Prime Minister, and the Water and Sewage Authority Council without a chair). 12. The Nablus Message (National and Islamic activities in Nablus to organize traffic, the National and Islamic Activities Committee called for an end to collective punishment, the death of a mother and daughter due to torrential rains in Beit Dajan, and the storming of a mosque in Beit Dajan). 13. The current Israeli government is working to achieve Sharon's aspirations. 14. Egged company started facilitating its buses twice a week between Jerusalem and Cairo. 15. The Syrian Jewish community immigrates to Israel. 16. Muharram al-Barghouti writes about the Fatah conference in Ramallah. 17. The Jerusalem Message (Closing the entrance to Dahiyat al-Barid, a meeting of the workers’ bloc, the army and intelligence raiding houses in al-Ram, confiscation of citizens’ identities, excavations turning into swamps, and rainwater entering homes). 18. Massive dissatisfaction with Olmert's statements regarding house demolitions. 19. The closure of a mosque in Yatta.