An Israeli woman is suspected of sending a threatening letter to Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz. The 54-year-old Bat Yam resident was arrested this week after fraud squad detectives matched her handwriting to that on a letter received by the Defense Ministry, which read “disengagement=pulsa denura,” an ancient Aramaic curse.
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