Issue 3257 of Asha'b Newspaper, 17 April 1983

Printed in Arabic, this includes issue number 3257 of Asha'b Newspaper issued on 17 April 1983, which is a 6-paged daily, political and illustrated newspaper, issued by the Asha'b al-Arabeyyah Press at Sheikh Jarrah in Jerusalem. The issue cost 8 shekels and included a collection of statements, announcements, advertisements and political and sports news including:  - An important meeting of the Palestinian leadership in Tunisia, and Yasser Arafat discusses the developments of the situation with Bourguiba and Chadli Bendjedid. - Ahmed Abdel Rahman, Director of the Media Department of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), receives a press delegation from the United Nations (UN). - Approval of a new Israeli settlement colonial plan to build 15 colonies around the city of Jerusalem. - Members of the Peace Now movement are being investigated and harassed by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in the Nablus area. - Representatives of the International Red Cross visit Israeli prisoners in Syria. - An Iraqi statement announces the failure of the Iranian attack and talks about heavy Iranian losses. - Re-election of Nabih Berri as head of the Shiite Amal Movement in Lebanon. - "We succeeded, son," an article in the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth by Ziva Yariv. - Peace Now warns of the devastating consequences of settler colonialism. - Yitzhak Navon, the Israeli president, is concerned about the increasing gap between the various sects in Israel. - The issue of pollution in the Gulf has worsened, after the Iraqi bombing of the third field, 200,000 barrels have leaked into the water so far. - "We are almost all cockroaches", an article in the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, written by Boaz Efron. - Qaboos bin Said, Sultan of Oman, calls on Washington not to negotiate with the PLO.