Dov Shilansky, former member of the Irgun Zvai Leumi and the Herut Party, was today sentenced to 21 months imprisonment on charges of having planted explosives alongside the building of the Foreign Ministry in Tel Aviv. The judge of the district court here who sentenced Shilansky ordered that he receive special treatment during his incarceration.
The court accepted Shilansky’s contention that he had not planned to blow up the building, but had tried to stage a “one man demonstration” against the Israel Government’s conclusion of a reparations agreement with West Germany. During the trial Shilansky testified that it was he who had given the police an anonymous tip that an attempt would be made to blast the Foreign Office.
After his arrest, two other former members of the Irgun were picked up and charged with having aided Shilansky. So far neither of them has been brought to trial.
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