Israeli ministers sparred at the weekly Cabinet meeting over Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s ongoing policy of restraint when dealing with Palestinian violence. Israel Radio quoted minister Shlomo Benizri of Shas as protesting that the country is mobilized only following mass terrorist attacks, but when Israelis die one by one, all is well. Sharon was quoted as responding that no one should tell him how to fight terrorism.
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