Attali'ah Newspaper, Issue No 9, 27/4/1978

  Published on 27 April 1978, this 12-page document is the ninth issue of Attali'ah Newspaper. Bashir al-Barghuthy is its editor-in-chief .  and it was printed in Ṣalah ad-Din Print Shop, Jerusalem. The issue covers the following: A congratulations to the workers on Labour Day .  News on the Lebanese right-wing party and its movements against the Palestinians and the Lebanese National Movement.  News about the demands made by the Israeli Occupation to the Egyptian President Anwar as-Sadat.  News on the activities undertaken by the trade unions in the Occupied West Bank to celebrate Labour Day.  The report mentioned the activities that took place in Nablus, Jerusalem, Hebron, and Bethlehem .  News about the Public Sector Union in Bethlehem and about the conviction of the trade union in Bethlehem for attempting to conspire against the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions.  An article about the experiences of Beit Jala Consumer Cooperative Society .  An article on the housing crisis in Jerusalem .  News reports about the bad quality of the Israeli goods exported to the consumer market in the Occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip .  An investigation report written by Hanna Amira on the crisis that bakeries in Jerusalem were facing over high taxes and competition . An interview held with the Palestinian writer Abd al-Hasan at-Tayeh .  An article written by Karim Dabbah about the third exhibition held for the Palestinian artists .  A poem to the Palestinian workers to celebrate Labour Day .  News from the Gaza Strip: The UNRWA policies aimed at reducing its services in the education sector and other critical sectors and reducing the food rations provided to the Palestinian refugees in the Strip .   Three teachers were suspended from work in Rafah.  The Voluntary Work Committee in the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in the Gaza Strip opened centres for strengthening students aiming for the elementary and secondary certificates .  Dividing the tasks of the blood bank in the Gaza Strip among the board of directors.  The bad situation of the Shejaiya district, especially with regards to the rubbish, waste, sewage, and the streets’ conditions.  An article on the financial support provided by Jordan to the Occupied West Bank .  Global News: An increase in unemployment, the regressions of the economic situation in the Egyptian rural areas, and the economic conditions in France.  News about Palestinian clubs and stadiums .  “Palestinian Papers”, a column written by Ibrahim al-Kateb and titled “Are We Okay?” .  An article by Bashir al-Barghuthy, the editor of this issue, on national unity .  Miscellaneous News: Ad-Dhahiriya Society for Electrical Enlightenment .  Muhammad Manaṣra, a union member, being released from prison .  Attali'ah Newspaper banned from participating in Bethlehem University Book Fair. The residents of Idhna village, Hebron governorate complaining about the negligence of the village council.