"Bassam ash-Shakʿa in London: Israel Prepares for War and Masses Troops on the Borders of Lebanon and Syria", as-Safir Newspaper, 16 August 1980

Issued on 16 August 1980, this document shows a clipping from as-Safir Newspaper featuring an article titled "Bassam ash-Shakʿa in London: Israel Prepares for War and Masses Troops on the Borders of Lebanon and Syria". In this article, Bassam ash-Shakʿa, Mayor of Nablus, provided statements during his stay in London for medical treatment following the assassination attempt by Israeli authorities on 2 June 1980. The statements discussed Israeli escalation against Lebanon and Syria, the situation in the West Bank, the status of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as the legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, the popular and national rejection of the imposition of self-rule, and the strike by detainees in the Nafha prison.