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...violence ever between Israelis and Palestinians, Barak--until the visit by Aizenkott, his military secretary--had been struggling to avoid an escalation that would imperil the peace process he hoped would bring a lasting end to such mayhem. But the Ramallah attack was "too much," says Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh. "That...
...Palestinian Tanzim militia--which Arafat bankrolls--was reveling in the chaos, using it to try out new tactics. A favored innovation: sneaking up on Jewish settlements in the West Bank and the suburbs of Jerusalem to spray automatic-weapon fire. Barak sent Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh to the settlement of Psagot to placate angry settlers. Sneh was met by Ron Schechner. The two are veterans of the 1976 commando operation to rescue Israeli hostages at Entebbe airport in Uganda. As they greeted each other, shots rained from Palestinian buildings nearby. Sneh's bodyguard urged him to take cover. "Look...
Israeli army officials said the helicopter strikes were a "limited action designed to respond to the barbaric act Palestinians conducted yesterday morning." Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh said Israel did not intend to "conquer" territory in the West Bank and Gaza Strip under Palestinian security control...
...largest recipient of U.S. aid - and wants Washington to bankroll its peace agreements and cover its back when it withdraws from Lebanon - doesn't mean Israel is about to buckle under U.S. pressure to back out of an arms deal with China. Israel's Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh said Wednesday that his government would go ahead with a deal to supply an advanced airborne surveillance system to Beijing, despite pressure from President Clinton during his Tuesday meeting with Prime Minister Ehud Barak to stop the sale. The Israeli hard line coincides with an historic visit to the Jewish state...
...addition, Gates announced the creation of an annual prize to be given in honor of Ephraim Isaac, the department's first professor, who also attended the celebration...