Jewish Telegraphic Agency
04-19-2006
Israel blamed Hamas for the Tel Aviv suicide bombing but stopped short of
ordering an offensive against the Palestinian Authority.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office said Tuesday that Israel held the new
Hamas government responsible for the attack by kindred terrorist group
Islamic Jihad, which killed nine people. But Olmert decided against a
military proposal to declare the Palestinian Authority an enemy state, a
de-facto green light for an armed offensive.
Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg, a leading and provocative U.S. rabbi, died Monday
at 84 in Englewood, N.J. An outspoken writer and speaker, Hertzberg was a
staunch supporter of the civil rights movement.
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