A hospital bulletin today said Israeli Ambassador Shlomo Argov has shown marginal improvement but remains unconscious and is still in critical condition. The 52 year-old envoy underwent surgery last Friday. He was shot through the head in an assassination attempt by an Arab outside a London hotel late Thursday night.
Meanwhile, the Board of Deputies of British Jews said today it expects thousands of people to attend a rally at the Royal Albert Hall tonight where prayers will be said for Argov’s recovery and demands will be made to close the Palestine Liberation Organization office in London.
The rally, to be attended by the Ambassador’s wife, Mrs. Hava Argov, will be addressed by Britain’s Chief Rabbi Sir Immanuel Jakobovits, Yoav Biran, Minister and interim Charge d’Affaires at the Israel Embassy and MP Greville Janner, president of the Board of Deputies.
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