Issue 5970 of Asha'b Newspaper, 19 December 1990

Printed in Arabic, this includes issue number 5970 of Asha'b Newspaper issued on 19 December 1990 and focused on several subjects including: - Israeli parties estimate that the chances of a military confrontation between the United States of America (USA) and Iraq are great. - Iraq expressed its desire to hold a dialogue with the European Economic Community, independent of the proposed dialogue with the USA. - The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) decided to tighten control over residents of the occupied territories who wish to travel outside the country and to increase penalties on Palestinians wishing to travel to foreign countries to raise funds for the intifada. - Shamir denied rumours that there are contacts to form a national unity government. - Israeli officers warn against imposing restrictions on Palestinian workers. - In Brussels, Baker encouraged the establishment of a common European defence to face external dangers from the scope of NATO. - Stopping the employment of Palestinians inside Israel is the required step to stop the Intifada's penetration into the heart of Israel. - The Minister of the IOF stated that Israel has already paid the price of the Gulf crisis with people's lives. - The Lebanese Kataeb Party announced that an official in this party was assassinated in the Beirut suburb. - Human Rights Organization condemns the cruel torture of those accused of the assassination of Mahjoub. - A senior American commentator expressed that the best way out for Israel to face the risks of developments in the Gulf crisis is to settle its conflict with the Palestinians and work to isolate Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. - Moroccan Interior Minister Driss Basri announced before Parliament the existence of a foreign conspiracy behind the incidents that took place in some Moroccan cities on the day of the general strike.