"Bassam ash-Shakʿa to as-Safir Newspaper: We Resist Attempts to Implement Self-Rule through Municipalities", as-Safir Newspaper, 1 September 1980

Issued on 1 September 1980, this document shows two clippings from as-Safir Newspaper featuring an article with Bassam ash-Shakʿa, Mayor of Nablus, titled "Bassam ash-Shakʿa to as-Safir Newspaper: We Resist Attempts to Implement Self-Rule through Municipalities". In the interview, ash-Shakʿa discusses several topics, including the assassination attempt against him by Israeli authorities on 2 June 1980, the official and popular Palestinian stance in the West Bank and Gaza Strip regarding self-rule, investment and development issues in the West Bank, the joint Jordanian-Palestinian committee, the European initiative for resolving the Middle East crisis, the annexation of Jerusalem, and Palestinian prisoners and detainees.