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WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
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Israel
Index
A civilian administration has been set up in the West Bank and
the Gaza Strip as an interim measure pending final resolution of
the political future of these two areas, which are not part of
Israel proper. While Labor was in power, Israeli-sponsored
municipal elections were held in the West Bank in 1976. The
civilian administration of the area until late 1987 employed
approximately 13,000 to 14,000 Palestinian civil servants. The
Palestinian uprising (intifadah) in the West Bank and the
Gaza Strip that began in December 1987, however, had a profound
impact on the relationship between the civilian administration and
the Palestinian inhabitants of the occupied territories
(see Introduction;
Palestinian Uprising, December 1987-
, ch. 5).
Data as of December 1988
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