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Dates: during 1982-1982
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...seemed tragically askew. In Israel, however, many officials and ordinary citizens felt the raids were an appropriate response to the coldblooded shooting of Argov. It was the latest in a series of attacks on Israeli envoys. On April 3, an Israeli embassy official in Paris named Ya'acov Barsimantov, who was said to be particularly well informed about P.L.O. activities in Europe, was fatally shot outside of his apartment by an unidentified woman. Only three days earlier, the offices of the Israeli military attaché in Paris had been sprayed with machine-gun fire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: Violence Begets Violence | 6/14/1982 | See Source »

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