TEL, A VIV ASRAEL: A Palestinian stabbed two Israelis to death nine March Tin the heart of Tel Aviv, and the army said would close off the occupied Gaza Strip, “prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin said the area would be sealed for “a number of days,” preventing about 35,000 day labors from reaching their jobs in Israel.

The killings brought pressure on Rabin’s government for steps to battle Arab violence against Israelis.

But Rabin, who had rejected calls earlier for a sweeping crackdown, said U: S/ brokered peace talks were the only way to end the stabbing Attacks that have plagued Israeli cities.

Article extracted from this publication >>  March 5, 1993