Issue 5977 of Asha'b Newspaper, 26 December 1990

Printed in Arabic, this includes issue number 5977 of Asha'b Newspaper issued on 26 December 1990 and focused on several subjects including: - The occupation authorities uproot trees and close streets in 7 places in the Ramallah and al-Bireh areas. - Yasser Arafat sent a congratulatory message to Christians on the occasion of Christmas and asked them to pray for peace and love. - The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) are in a state of high alert as a result of the escalating danger of the war with Iraq. - The Israeli judges rejected the appeal submitted by four Palestinians from Gaza belonging to the Islamic resistance movement Hamas. - Israel is preparing to receive 50,000 Soviet immigrants. - The Jericho Women's Association held a ceremony honouring the poet Ahmed Jamous, on the occasion of his winning the 1990 Palestine Prize for Literature. - Washington expresses concern about the speech of the head of the Soviet intelligence. - The Somali Interior Minister announces that political parties will be allowed to be established in Somalia. - The Thai government has asked its nationals in the Gulf region to leave. - Iraq lodges a protest with the embassy in Turkey for 2 unidentified planes violating its airspace adjacent to the border with Turkey. - American intelligence sources report that Iraqi missiles can hit the Tel Aviv colony 5-8 minutes after being launched. - Iraq is preparing its population for war and conducting extensive exercises for the residents of Baghdad.