Letter dated 15 April 1986 from the Permanent Representative of Israel
to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
In my statement to the fortieth session of the General Assembly regarding the situation in the Middle East (A/40/PV.104), I presented a list of violent acts that had occurred in the Middle East during 1985. This list, reproduced from the Foreign Broadcasting Information Service and catalogued primarily from Arab sources, included acts of internecine violence and attacks by one Middle eastern régime against another.
The attached document is an update for the period from December 1985 to March 1986. Regrettably, in what was supposed to be the United Nations "Year of Peace", the level of Middle Eastern violence in 1986 has not subsided. In fact, there has been a significant upsurge in violence from the Persian Gulf to the Sahara. As the attached compendium (by no means exhaustive) indicates, bombings, kidnappings, assassinations, executions, coups, hijackings, border incursions and outright war continue to characterize the politics of the region.
This catalogue excludes acts of violence directed against Israel, demonstrating vet yet again the true source of the various conflicts in the Middle East – the continual intolerance and the propensity for violence that characterize
many of the regimes in the region.
I have the honour to request that this letter and the attached annex be circulated as an official document of the General Assembly, under item 37 of the preliminary list, and of the Security Council.
(Signed) Benjamin NETANYAHU
Ambassador
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*A/41/50/Rev.l.
ANNEX
Calendar of Middle Eastern violence
December 1985 – March 1986
Source: World press reports as reproduced in the
"Foreign Broadcasting Information Service"
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December 1985 |
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1 December |
Assassination attempt on Ahmed Jibril in Damascus |
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2 December |
Opposition leader kidnapped in Sudan |
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2 December |
Iraq attacks Kharg Island |
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2 December |
Iraq kills 50 Iranians |
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2 December |
SPLA kills 26 Sudanese |
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3 December |
Iraq attacks Iranian ship |
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3 December |
Assassination attempt on former Sudanese Foreign Minister, Dr. Mansur Khalid, in London |
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4 December |
Iraq attacks Kharg Island |
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4 December |
Explosion in Beirut |
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4 December |
Druze attack Lebanese official in Beirut |
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4 December |
Sudan kills 1,357 SPLA members |
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6 December |
Sudan kills ___ SPLA members |
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7 December |
Car-bomb explodes in Teheran killing 2 |
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7 December |
Iraq attacks Cypriot oil tanker |
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7 December |
Iraq attacks Kharg Island |
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7 December |
Lebanese faction kidnaps 2 United Nations soldiers from UNIFIL headquarters |
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10 December |
Iraq attacks Iranian border town |
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11 December |
Amal and PSP gunmen clash in Beirut |
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12 December |
Iraq attacks Iranian ship |
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12 December |
Iraq raids Kharg Island |
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14 December |
Iraq hits 2 Iranian ships |
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14 December |
Iraq attacks Kharg Island |
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14 December |
Syrian forces attack Hezbollah headquarters in Lebanon |
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14 December |
Iraqi Kurds kill 26 Iraqis |
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16 December |
2 NBC crewmen kidnapped in Beirut |
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17 December |
Iraq hits Iranian ship |
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17 December |
3 teachers kidnapped in Beirut |
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18 December |
Seventh Lebanese Jew kidnapped in Lebanon |
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20 December |
Iraq attacks Kharg Island |
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21 December |
Iraq attacks Iranian ship |
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24 December |
Lebanese Jew murdered in Beirut |
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24 December |
Assassination attempt on Maronite Bishop in Lebanon |
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25 December |
Iran attacks Kuwaiti tanker in Qatari waters |
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27 December |
Iraq attacks Kharg Island and hits Iranian ship |
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31 December |
Assassination attempt on President Amin Gemeyal in Beirut |
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31 December |
Assassination attempt on Arab Democratic party official in Beirut |
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31 December |
3 killed, 26 wounded in Beirut explosion |
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January 1986 |
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1 January |
Second Jewish hostage executed in Beirut |
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1 January |
Iraq hits Cypriot oil tanker |
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4 January |
Assassination attempt on Syrian official in Beirut |
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5 January |
Iraq hits Maltese oil tanker |
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7 January |
Iran raids northern Iraq |
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7 January |
Aide of Shiite leader Fadlallah shot in Lebanon |
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7 January |
SPLA clashes with government militia; 13 killed, 29 wounded |
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8 January |
Announcement of assassination attempt on Farouq Qaddumi 2 weeks earlier |
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8 January |
Libya downs unidentified warplane in Gulf of Sidra |
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9 January |
Car-bomb explodes near P. M. Karami's house in Lebanon |
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11 January |
Rocket hit Voice of Hope radio station in Lebanon |
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12 January |
Iran seizes British ship in Arab Gulf waters |
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13 January |
Mass assassination attempt on PDRY Politburo; 4 ministers killed |
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13 January |
Iraq raids Kharg Island, kills 6 |
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13 January |
Fighting erupts between militias in Beirut |
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14 January |
55 top PDRY officials killed in tribal warfare in Aden |
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14 January |
Coup d'état in Aden |
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14 January |
Mass fighting erupts in Aden; hundreds killed |
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14 January |
Algerian diplomat killed in Aden |
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15 January |
Hubayqah headquarters attacked in Lebanon |
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16 January |
Bomb explodes near Syrian/PDRY airlines offices in Abu Dhabi |
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16 January |
200 killed, 600 wounded in Beirut fighting |
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16 January |
Lebanese army kills 10 civilians near Beirut |
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16 January |
Riot breaks out in Khartoum |
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17 January |
3 Spanish diplomats kidnapped in Beirut |
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17 January |
Car-bomb explodes in Sidon |
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18 January |
Saharan People's Liberation Army announces 107 Moroccan soldiers killed, 194 wounded during December 1985 |
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19 January |
Iran kills 60 Iraqi troops |
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20 January |
Family members of "Ali Nasir" killed in PDRY |
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21 January |
Explosion in Beirut kills 20; injures 110 |
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21 January |
Fighting erupts near Tyre |
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23 January |
18 Soviet technicians killed in DPRY |
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23 January |
Iraq bombs Iranian pipeline |
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23 January |
15,000 killed in 10 days of fighting between rival Marxist factions in Aden |
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23 January |
Iraq attacks Kharg Island killing 20 |
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23 January |
70 Moroccan soldiers killed by Polisario |
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26 January |
Iraq attacks Iranian towns; 21 killed |
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28 January |
Fighting erupts in Palestinian camps near Beirut |
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28 January |
Clashes erupt in Morocco killing 40, mostly women |
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29 January |
Amal kidnaps 5 Palestinians in Beirut |
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29 January |
5 civilians killed in fighting around Palestinian camps |
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30 January |
Presidential palace grounds bombed in Lebanon |
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30 January |
13 killed in fighting between Amal and Palestinian gunmen in camps |
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31 January |
South Korean diplomat killed in Beirut |
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31 January |
Assassination attempt on Eli Hubayqah; 3 wounded |
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31 January |
Bomb explodes in Lebanon |
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March 1986 |
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1 March |
Iran kills 500 Iraqis |
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2 March |
Iraq kills 800 Iranians |
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2 March |
Iraq attacks Turkish oil tanker; 1 killed |
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2 March |
Iraq kills over 450 Iranians |
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3 March |
Rocket fire injures 6 in east Lebanon |
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3 March |
Armenian leader assassinated in Lebanon |
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3 March |
Hezbollah murders 11, including 2 women in Beirut |
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3 March |
Violent clashes in Beirut; 1 policeman killed, 15 wounded |
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4 March |
Iraq raids Iranian town; 12 civilians killed, 72 injured |
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4 March |
Beirut fighting kills 7, wounds 30 |
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4 March |
Iraq attacks French oil tankers |
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5 March |
Car-bomb explodes in Sidon killing 3 |
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5 March |
Iran attacks Iraq; 400 killed, 800 wounded |
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5 March |
Unidentified planes kill Kuwaiti national |
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5 March |
French national murdered in Lebanon |
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6 March |
Iranian missiles hit Cypriot oil tanker killing 4 |
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8 March |
French TV crew kidnapped in Beirut |
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8 March |
Car-bomb explodes in Beirut killing 5, wounding 38 |
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9 March |
Iran downs 3 Iraqi jets |
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10 March |
PDRY official dies from torture in Aden detention camp |
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11 March |
Iraq hits Iranian ship |
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11 March |
Iran kills 200 Iraqis |
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11 March |
Beirut sheikh assassinated |
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12 March |
United Nations soldier killed by sniper in Beirut |
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13 March |
Car-bomb explodes in central Damascus |
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13 March |
Second booby-trapped car found in Damascus |
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14 March |
Explosion rocks Damascus |
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16 March |
Iraqi planes attack Iranian village killing 3 civilians, wounding 15 |
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17 March |
Iraq attacks Cypriot oil tanker |
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18 March |
UNRWA employee kidnapped in Beirut |
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18 March |
Iraq sinks Iranian tanker |
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18 March |
Amal and Hezbollah gunmen clash in Lebanon |
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19 March |
Iran kills 50 Iraqis |
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19 March |
Iraqi planes bomb Iranian town |
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19 March |
Amal and Hezbollah gunmen clash in Lebanon |
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20 March |
Iraq attacks 3 Iranian ships |
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20 March |
Iraq attacks Liberian tanker |
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20 March |
Iraq attacks Cypriot tanker |
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22 March |
Iraq destroys power station in Iran |
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23 March |
Assassination attempt on Sheikh Fadlallah in Beirut |
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24 March |
Libya attacks U.S. ships in international waters |
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25 March |
Second Libyan attack on U.S. ships in international waters |
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26 March |
Car-bombs destroy Phalangist headquarters in Beirut; 11 killed, 80 wounded |
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29 March |
Palestinian and Shiite gunmen clash in Beirut; 4 killed, 30 wounded |
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29 March |
Bomb explodes in Beirut |
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29 March |
2 UNIFIL soldiers killed by sniper-fire in Lebanon |
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29 March |
Iraq attacks Liberian tanker |
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29 March |
Amal kidnap 4 Palestinians in Beirut |
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29 March |
5 Christians kidnapped in Beirut |
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30 March |
Iran attacks Norwegian tanker |
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30 March |
Polisario kills 46 Moroccans |
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30 March |
Palestinian and Shiite gunmen clash in Beirut; 4 killed, 5 wounded |
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31 March |
Amal and Palestinian gunmen clash in Lebanon, killing 18, wounding 60 |
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31 March |
Iran kills 300 Iraqis |
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31 March |
Assassination attempt on Lebanese Minister Nabih Berri |
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31 March |
Polisario kills 8 Moroccans |
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Document Type: Letter
Document Sources: General Assembly, Security Council
Country: Israel
Subject: Agenda Item, Armed conflict, Incidents
Publication Date: 16/04/1986