British MP attends memorial for former Israeli Amb. Shlomo Argov who was shot outside his London Hotel over 30 years ago.
By Rachel Hirshfeld
British MP Alistair Burt attended a memorial ceremony for former Israeli ambassador Shlomo Argov, who was shot outside London’s Dorchester Hotel over 30 years ago, The Jewish Chronicle (JC) reported.
The ceremony, held outside the hotel in Mayfair, commemorated the death of the former Israel ambassador who was shot on the night of June 3, 1982, but died ten years ago from injuries inflicted by the attack.
Argov, who died aged 73 in 2003, was shot in the head at point-blank range by three attackers, affiliated with Abu Nidal’s Palestine National Liberation Movement terrorist group. Continue Reading »
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