Attali'ah Newspaper, Issue 439, July 31 1986

The four hundred and thirty-ninth issue of Attali'ah Newspaper which was published on July 31, 1986. Bashir al-Barghuthy is the issueʾs editor-in-chief, and it was printed in Salah ad-Din Press in al-Quds (Jerusalem). The 12-page issue covers the following: 1. A general strike in al-Quds (Jerusalem) to protest Bushʾs visit to the region. 2. A new Israeli ministerial meeting to devise a way to take over the Jerusalem District Electricity Company.  3. An article by Tayseer Aruri entitled “Is Birzeit University Facing a Real Financial Crisis?” 4. Re-setting up a military checkpoint at the entrance of Jericho. 5. Curtailing the powers of Palestinian chambers of commerce in the West Bank. 6. Cutting off the water supply of a village in the Occupied Golan Heights. 7. The Israeli Ministry of Defense expends all efforts to cover up the case of thermonuclear bombs. 8. A protest memorandum from the residents of Nablus to the Director of UNRWA in al-Quds (Jerusalem) detailing their poor living conditions and suffering.  9. From the chronicles of the West Bank and Gaza Strip (The residents of Imwas and Beit Nuba fight to return to their villages on which Canada Park was built, closing off Omar al-Mukhtar street in Gaza, the Jordanian authorities continue to withhold 12 thousand dinars of funds belonging to a society in Beit Sahour, damages due to high electrical voltages, a serious shortage of irrigation water in Jericho, Israeli authorities seize a bus still full of passengers, the residents of Salfit complain against the water being cut off for over a week, the prisoners at Nafha Prison condemn Jordanian measures). 10. The residents of Yatta stop a fraudulent sale of the villageʾs lands.  11. A section on trials, releases, and arrests. 12. The workers in the education sector in the West Bank and Gaza Strip uncover a Jordanian political scheme to prevent educational institutions from holding national and academic activities. 13. The Palestinian Medical Relief Society provides treatment for 293 patients. 14. A travel ban on the residents of Jabalia Refugee Camp. 15. An article entitled “Collective Punishments and the Rule of the Iron Fist in the Occupied Territory… Israeli Measures to Support the Plan of Forming an Alternative Leadership”. 16. The village of Tayasir near Nablus lacks services and the Israeli Occupation Forces turn the village into a military training ground. 17. Lawyers in Ramallah formulate a plan to fight against Israeli taxes.