An Issue of al-Mahd Newspaper, May 1994

Issued in May 1994, this is an issue of al-Mahd Newspaper, which is a social, cultural, artistic, sports and political newspaper, issued weekly by al-Mahid Press Office in Bethlehem, with Ibrahim Melhem as its editor-in-chief, which he launched after the closing of al-Shaab and al-Fajr newspapers, its general director was Zahran abu Qbeiteh, while Mohammad al-Lahham was the managing editor and the editing committee included Naser al-Lahham and Kamal Hammash. The main story on its front page was "Two weeks and the night of Gaza and Jericho will pass," in reference to the signing of the Oslo Agreement. On its fourth page, the newspaper documents a conversation with Samaan Khoury, the Deputy Chairman of the Radio and Television Authority and member of the Executive Office of the Democratic Union Fida, regarding Rabin’s talk about the dismantling of settlements, and the sixth page included a news analysis written by Abdel-Latif Suleiman about Hamas’ study of the Fatah proposal to participate in a national unity government, while the eighth page included an article by George Hazboun titled “For the people and the cause, let democracy take root".