Israel sent an urgent letter this afternoon to Secretary General Kurt Waldheim following the bomb explosion in the center of Jerusalem, vowing that the Israeli government “is duty bound to take all measures necessary to protect the lives and safety of its citizens.”
The letter, sent by Israel Ambassador Yehuda Blum, charged that the latest outrage in Jerusalem is only one of a series of atrocities committed in recent weeks by the “criminal” Palestine Liberation Organization.
Noting that the PLO claimed responsibility for the murder of Moshe Yoskovitz, 47, of Bnei Brak, a Gerre Hasid, last Sunday morning in Jerusalem’s Old City, as well as for other atrocities against Israelis, Blum said: “The mindless killing of civilians has been the barbaric aim of the terrorist PLO throughout its existence. “He requested his
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