Issue 5971 of Asha'b Newspaper, 20 December 1990

Printed in Arabic, this includes issue number 5971 of Asha'b Newspaper issued on 20 December 1990 and focused on several subjects including: - A Border Police officer was wounded in Jabal Mukaber, two Molotov cocktails in Ramallah and Jenin, a house was demolished in Ramallah, and three were closed in Dayr Ibzi', Nablus and Hizma. - The Security Council resumes its consultations on a draft resolution dealing with the situation in the Middle East and the Palestinian cause. - The funeral of the Dean of Palestinian Literature, Dr Ishaq Musa al-Husseini, in Jerusalem. - The Occupation Court in Gaza sentenced 4 young men from Khan Yunis Refugee Camp to life imprisonment on security charges. - The United States of America (USA) and Europe intend to put forward new political plans for the region based on a comprehensive political solution. - The German government will provide development assistance to Syria amounting to 60 million marks for the year 1990. - The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) forced the citizens of Bethlehem to erase the national slogans written on the walls. - Qatar stresses the need to reconsider the policy of the Gulf Cooperation Council. - Steps to take care of folklore and methods of collecting and preserving folklore material. - The book "The Intelligence Year" was published about the first year of the occupation and attempts to eliminate the armed resistance. - The IOF forced many neighbourhoods of Nablus to erase national slogans and lower flags. - The United Arab Emirates decides to impose military conscription in secondary schools.