"The Full Text of the Shakaa-Matt Meeting", a Clipping from ash-Sha'b Newspaper, 13 November 1979

Issued on 13 November 1979, this clipping from ash-Sha'b Newspaper entitled "The Full Text of the Shakaa-Matt Meeting" displays the full text of the dialogue between Bassam Shakaa, mayor of Nablus, and Israeli General Danny Matt, coordinator of the Israeli Army activities in the occupied Palestinian Territories, translated from the original published in the Israeli newspaper of (Yedioth Ahronoth). The dialogue touched upon, inter alia, the economic situation as well as the water and electricity supply issues in the Palestinian Territories. Following the dialogue, the Israeli Occupation Authorities detained Shakaa and attempted to force him into exile on charges of "supporting terrorism".