Attali'ah Newspaper, Issue No 578, March 30 1989

The five hundred and seventy-eighth issue of Attali'ah Newspaper which was published on March 30, 1989. Bashir al-Barghuthy is the issueʾs editor-in-chief, and it was printed in Salah ad-Din Press in al-Quds (Jerusalem). The 12-page issue covers the following: - Prisoners under the threat of deportation in Jnaid Prison send petitions to Bush and the democratic parties in Israel. - On Land Day: Sealing off the West Bank and instating a curfew in the Gaza Strip. A general strike and clashes across the Occupied Palestinian Territory. - Rabin demands legal facilities to accelerate the deportation of Palestinians. - Shamirʾs “new” ideas are from ten years ago. - On the agenda of the Central Councilʾs meeting: Arafat rejects an Egyptian proposal to appoint Palestinian negotiators on behalf of the (PLO). - Cancelling family visits and postponing the trials of Palestinian prisoners. - The Arab Mediation Committee takes a new course of action following Aounʾs refusal to lift the siege on the piers. - Abu Mazen at a press conference in Moscow: Palestinian-Soviet calls are in preparation for holding the World Congress. - An Israeli Centre for monitoring human rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. - The efforts of the United State end in a deadlock. - The shuhadaʾ of the Intifadaʾs sixty-eighth week. - Ismail Shammout: The Artist of Steadfastness following the Nakba. - From the daily life of Arab workers at the black market. - Stealing water with the complicity of the Military Rule. - The independence of Namibia bodes well for all oppressed peoples. - King Fahd of Saudi Arabia extends his visit to Egypt. Egyptians are hopeful about the prospect of Saudi economic support.