Attali'ah Newspaper, Issue No. 279, 7 July 1983

Printed in Ṣalah ad-Din Press with Bashir al-Barghuthy as the managing editor, this 12-page document shows issue no. 279 of Attaliʾah Newspaper. Issued on 7 July 1983, this issue features the following news pieces: 1. Demands to close al-Far'a detention centre widens, a TV report confirming abuse. 2. Broad satisfaction with the endeavours of the PLO delegation, a call for unity from notables in the 1948 Palestinian Occupied Territories. 3. Positive results from the mediation committee's efforts. The Fateh Central Committee is taking important measures. 4. The failure of  Shultz's plans to put pressure on Syria and impose a contract of adherence. 5. Hawatmeh praises the Soviet support of the PLO. 6. What is the intention behind the increase of attacks against Palestinian refugee camps, the demolition of 18 rooms in Beach Palestinian Refugee Camp (aka Shati) in Gaza, after ad-Dheisheh and al-Aroub ... the closure Qalandia Palestinian refugee camp. 7. The General Federation of Trade Unions in the West Bank calls for unity and resolving disputes. 8. A new Jordanian punishment against West Bank farmers. 9. Confiscating half of Farkha’s lands in order to expand the Ariel colony, causing harm to a large number of villagers and threatening to confiscate the other half. 10. Literary contributions. 11. The continuation of the curfew on the main streets in Hebron paralyzes the city's economy and disrupts the lives of its citizens. 12. Labour and trade union news. 13. A new Watergate in the White House. 14. An American-Israeli attempt to impose a contract of adherence behind the plan to rebase the Israeli army in Lebanon. 15. From the diary of the Lebanese National Resistance. 16. In Saudi Arabia: Wadad Qamari was arrested and an engineer was killed under torture. 17. Leaders of the Communist Parties in the Arab countries meet with al-Assad.