Issue 5972 of Asha'b Newspaper, 21 December 1990

Printed in Arabic, this includes issue number 5972 of Asha'b Newspaper issued on 21 December 1990 and focused on several subjects including: - A comprehensive strike in all parts of the occupied Palestinian territories, where traffic was disrupted, workers refused to go to workplaces inside the Green Line, and shops were closed. - Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze submitted his resignation to the Congress of Deputies in protest against the progress of the dictatorship. - The Security Council adopts a resolution of its president calling for an international conference in the Middle East. - The Military Advisory Committee continues to consider the objections of the 4 deportees from the Gaza Strip. - A wide turnout for the Christmas gifts and purchases exhibition in the YMCA hall in Jerusalem. - The Secretary-General of the Egyptian Writers Union, Abdel Aziz Sadiq, stated that the union's non-participation in the Arab Writers Union conference was a protest against the insult of the Arab Writers Union by the conference organizers. - Israeli occupation bulldozers demolished 5 houses in Barta'a village. - The Israeli occupation authorities discovered an organization affiliated with the Fatah movement. - Italy calls for a European initiative to hold Iraq's dialogue on the Gulf. - A British parliamentarian criticizes the US policy of occupation of the Gulf and calls for creating the atmosphere for an Arab solution.