Attali'ah Newspaper, Issue No 531, 5 May 1987

Printed in Salah ad-Din Press with Bashir al-Barghuthy as the managing editor, this 12-page issue no. 531 of Attaliʾah Newspaper was issued on 5 May 1987 and features the following news pieces: A shaheed and injuries at the labour day demonstrations.  A full strike in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, curfew and blocking outlets with concrete.  A U.S. military group in Cairo to continue with the memorandum of agreement.  Violent confrontations and the death and injury of tens of individuals in the south.  Egypt rents police and special forces for Saudi Arabia.  A U.S. military movement to escalate the situation in the Gulf. Direct negotiations between Egypt and Israel to implement the U.S. resolution regarding Taba.  In one day they said: There cannot be a political victory over the Intifada. An article by Bashir al-Barghuthy titled, "What lies behind raising the tension in the Gulf and Sothern Lebanon?" New Israeli administrative procedures following 21 weeks of the Intifada. Seven shuhadaʾ in six days.  Security precautions in al-Quds (Jerusalem) on Friday.  A significant deficit in revenues on Israeli products. The U.S. support of Israel ends when it no longer plays the protector of the U.S. interests.  Public demonstrations and walkouts on 1 May.  Tammun, the village that knows how to maintain its "life cycle" despite the blockades.  Washington wanted a "Soviet Vietnam" Afghanistan but agreed to a solution it had refused for 6 years.  The statement of the U.S. Government exposes the U.S.-Israeli collusion in the new Lebanon operation.  Administrative detention against youth from the Bani Naʿim and Yatta.  A press report from Washington: The Soviet Union stands with its stance on the Middle East.