ID Card Confiscations: 

NO NEW OFFICIAL FIGURES  
Despite frequent inquiries, the Israeli Interior Ministry has not released information concerning the number of Palestinian ID cards revoked between May - December 1997. 

NO NEWS FROM THE KNESSET 
A proposal for a Knesset law amendment to stop ID-card confiscation in Jerusalem was submitted by MK Azmi Bishara (Democratic Front - National Democratic Alliance) on 9 July 1997 and passed the first Knesset vote (see ARTICLE 74/21). Since the Knesset resumed its sessions in October, following the long summer recess, the agenda of Israel's political parties have been dominated by other priorities, and no additional steps on the law proposal have followed until early December 1997.