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/ 26 October 2004
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, is in danger of assassination at the hands of Jewish extremists, according to Shimon Peres, the leader of the country’s Labour Party. The atmosphere in Israel was similar to the political turmoil of 1995 when Yitzhak Rabin, then prime minister, was murdered by a religious nationalist, he said.
Israeli and Palestinian officials have been holding secret talks aimed at ending the Israeli operation in the northern Gaza Strip, an Israeli government source said on Tuesday. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the source said a senior Palestinian official had appealed to the office of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ”several days ago” for Israel to end the week-long operation.
Israel’s first sadomasochist restaurant is set to open this week, claiming, however, that only the surroundings, not the food will be a painful experience. The restaurant, appropriately named the Dungeon, is to open in the old Tel Aviv suburb of Yaffo, with a hostess dressed in a black vinyl outfit welcoming guests by flashing her whip.
Israelis were urged on Monday to carry guns during the coming week in case Palestinian militants attempt to carry out revenge attacks during the Passover holiday. Palestinians from all factions have promised reprisals against Israel for the assassination last month of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, the spiritual leader of Hamas.
Israeli online publication Ha’aretz.com reports that advisers to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon have conceded that Sharon received ,5-million from a South African businessman, but denied any connection to criminal activity.
Ariel Sharon’s secret SA benefactor
As a young officer in Israel’s army, Amram Mitzna was so disgusted by Ariel Sharon’s handling of his country’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon that he handed in a resignation letter, saying he could no longer serve under the then-defence minister.
LAST-MINUTE efforts were underway on Sunday to find a compromise between rival factions in Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s right-wing Likud party ahead of a controversial vote to block the establishment of a Palestinian state.
A suicide bomber blew himself up on a crowded bus in downtown Tel Aviv on Thursday, killing at least five other people and wounding 49 in the second such attack in two days.
Binyamin Netanyahu has secured a deal that will put him next in line to succeed Ariel Sharon, although he seems to be heading for defeat in his latest struggle to become prime minister.
Ariel Sharon sought to neutralise the single greatest threat to his chances of remaining Israel’s prime minister yesterday by inviting his arch-rival and former premier, Binyamin Netanyahu, to join the cabinet as foreign minister.
Israeli nerves were back on edge on Thursday after a twin suicide blast in the heart of their biggest city wiped out growing hopes of a return to something like normal life.
Israeli courts wade into the process of selecting who to include on the list of righteous gentiles at a Jerusalem Holocaust memorial amid a campaign to add two Germans and to strike off a Ukrainian who Jewish survivors say has no place among heroes.