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First Palestinian Intifada 1988 |
The Intifada was a grassroots uprising against Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories. Intifada is an Arabic word for 'uprising' that means 'shaking off'. |
By DeOre, 'The Dallas Morning News', January 5, 1988 Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli Defense Minister, instructed the IDF to crush the Intifada with an "iron Fist". |
By DeOre, 'The Dallas Morning News', January 13, 1988 Israel Foreign Minister Shimon Peres appeled to end the violence by political means. |
By Ben Sargent, 'The Austin American Statesman', February 7, 1988 |
By Jules Feiffer, 'The Dallas Morning News', February 13, 1988 |
By Bob Englehart, 'The Dallas Morning News', February 21, 1988 |
By DeOre, 'The Dallas Morning News', March 9, 1988 |
By John Trever, 'The Dallas Morning News', March 20, 1988 |
By Pat Crowley, 'The Dallas Morning News', March 26, 1988 |
By Garland, 'The Independent', May 20, 1988 Russia pulls out the Red Army sent into Afghanistan in 1979 |
By Hy Rosen, 'The Times Union', 1988 On March 16, 1988, Sadam Hussien used chemical weapons on the city of Halabja in Iraqi Kurdistan, killing thousands of Kurdish people. |
By Garland, 'The Independent', July 5, 1988 Iranian Air Bus shot down by U.S. missiles killing 290 people aboard. |
By Garland, 'The Independent', July 19, 1988 |
By David Seavey, "USA Today', July 21, 1988 |
By DeOre, 'The Dallas Morning News', August 3, 1988 "Jordan is not Palestine" |
By Gamble, 'The Florida Times-Union', August 4, 1988 |
By Bill Caldwell, 'The Daily Star', September 1, 1988 |
By David Levine, 'The New York Review of Books' Naguib Mahfouz |
By Gambel, 'The Florida Times-Union, December 1, 1988 Yasser Arafat denied visa to visit U.N. in New York. |
The Lockebie Bombing |
By Cookson, 'The Sun', December, 1988 |
By Hy Rosen, 'The Times Union', December, 1988 |