Israeli Minister of Tourism Rechavam Ze'evi Assassinated
JER2001101702 - 17 OCTOBER 2001 - JERUSALEM, ISRAEL: (FILE PHOTO) Israeli Tourism Minister Rechavam Ze'evi (right) gives an explaination about the view from the Jordan Rift to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer (far right) in this February 2, 2001, file photo . Israel's ultra-nationalist right-wing Tourism Minister Rechavam Ze'evi was assassinated Wednesday morning, October 17, 2001, in a shooting attack in a Jerusalem hotel. The radical Palestinian Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility citing retailation for the targeted killing of their leader Abu Ali Mustafa, by Israel on August 27, 2001. rlw/dh/Israeli Government Press Office UPI
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