Attali'ah Newspaper, Issue No 798, July 8 1993

The seven hundred and ninety-eighth issue of Attali'ah Newspaper which was published on July 8, 1993. 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: - 1800 new settlement units in Ma'ale Adumim. - The American negations team seeks to use the American proposal as a basis for the 11th round of talks. - The Palestinian People's Party rejects the American proposal. - Arafat: The American proposal is not a viable basis for negotiations. - Permits to enter the 1948 Occupied Palestinian Territory in the black market. 800 shekels for a three-month permit. - Moshe Amirav, a member of West Jerusalemʾs municipal council: East Jerusalem pays 20 million dollars in taxes but only receives 10 million dollars in services. - The Mayor of Tulkarem: Employing Palestinian workers in municipalities is an attempt to numb and absorb any possible reactions. - The new American proposal and the blatant violations of the law. - Because negotiations are still fruitless, Dr al-Barghouthi boycotts the meetings of the multilateral negotiationsʾ steering committee. - Abdul-Rahman at-Tamimi calls for expanding the powers of the Jerusalem Water Undertaking to fight against the attempts of the Jerusalem Municipality to undermine its authority. - Rabin: Our negotiations with the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) mean negotiating over the final phase. - Ghassan Kanafani: Remembrance and Memory. - Professor Edward Said: The Palestinian academic who became the voice of Palestine in exile. - Where are the General Education Examinations headed? And whose interests are served? - An-Najjab: We object to any negotiations held with alternative representatives other than the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO). - Hawatme insists on suspending negotiations with Israel as a basis for talks. - Abu Ali Mustafa: We demand a national council built on a democratic basis.