Month: April 1997

Assassination of the Prime MinisterApril 18, 1997 Those of you living outside of Israel may be slightly confused as to what exactly is happening here. On the face of it Channel One reporter Ayela Hasson is an Israeli version of Robert Woodward and Carl Bernstein, rolled into one female investigative newsperson. The biggest scandal in a democracy since Watergate – […]

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The Bluff April 13, 1997 Last week we were notified that the kidnappers and murderers of Israeli soldier Sharon Edri had been captured.  Almost. Two of them are in Israeli hands, three are being held by Arafat, and one was killed in the bomb blast in Tel-Aviv. We were also told that they killed another 11 Israelis, bringing back too […]

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