Issue No 868 of Attali'ah Newspaper, 1 December 1994

Issued on 1 December 1994, this 8-page document contains the 868th issue of Attali'ah newspaper, under the supervision of the Editor-In-Chief Bashir al-Barghouthi. The issue was printed at the Salahuddin Press in Jerusalem and focused on several topics including: 1. Postponing the Birzeit University Student Council elections. 2. Statements by Tayseer al-Arouri, a member of the Central Council and the Political Bureau of the People's Party, regarding a radical reconsideration of the relationship between the Palestinian Authority and the opposition parties. 3. The Consumer Protection Committee warns merchants against selling spoiled goods and vows to publish the names of merchants. 4. A campaign by Jerusalem merchants against the Arnona tax. 5. The Nablus Message (The Committee for the Defense of Lands in the North takes several recommendations to restore its activities, the People’s Party is holding a conference to discuss the latest developments on the local scene, the multiplication of rats in the streets of Nablus, spoiled food in the markets, the People’s Party organizing a symposium on the municipality of Nablus and its role, surveys of lands in Beit Dajan, and the theft of an oil tank from a citizen). 6. The Qalqilya Message (The Israeli Occupational Forces (IOF) prevented the peace movement from entering the city and holding a solidarity march in it, a party in the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, a delegation from the Engineers’ Syndicate in Nablus visited the Engineers’ Syndicate in Qalqilya, the release of a citizen after administrative detention, and the military court ruled of seven and a half years against a citizen on various security charges, and the Institutions Workers Union in Qalqilya is organizing a study day on the Israeli labour law). 7. The Ramallah Message (A strike in the Salvana factories). 8. The Hebron Message (Wide popular support for the memorandum of national forces and activities in Hebron, the IOF use a new type of tear gas, the IOF shoot a young man, masked men attack a citizen’s house, and entering the areas adjacent to the Ibrahimi Mosque with a permit). 9. A statement issued by "Academics for the Nation" at Birzeit University. 10. Al-Haq calls for the abolition of the death penalty because it is an inhuman and degrading punishment. 11. The Hakawati Troupe presents new theatrical performances on the stage of the Palestinian National Theater in Jerusalem. 12. An article titled "How do they view the solution to the national problem of the Palestinian people". 13. A workshop on rationalizing the use of medicine and drug policies in medical relief. 14. The Jerusalem Message (A large colonial plan, the displacement of Arab citizens in East Jerusalem, a large colonial celebration in the Old City, a sit-in for the mothers of prisoners, continuous restrictions in Jerusalem, and raids on national institutions in Jerusalem). 15. The Gaza Message (The People's Party calls for non-fighting and for national unity). 16. The Bethlehem Message (Unpaved streets in Bethlehem and an open strike at the Water Department).