The Nation - News from Jan. 16, 1985
The jury in former Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon’s $50-million libel suit against Time magazine recessed for the night in New York without reaching a verdict. Meanwhile, the Israeli Parliament allowed U.S. District Judge Abraham D. Sofaer to release evidence that was sealed earlier, including former Israeli Supreme Court President Yitzhak Kahan’s testimony that classified Israeli documents failed to support Time’s disputed allegations about Sharon’s involvement in the 1982 massacre of Palestinian refugees. Time had objected that key documents were excluded from Kahan’s review, but Sofaer felt compelled by the Israeli government to keep details of those objections secret and closed the courtroom when they were entered into testimony.
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