The World - News from Dec. 10, 1985
Israeli President Chaim Herzog has commuted the sentences of two Israelis convicted of plotting to blow up one of Islam’s holiest shrines, freeing them after 20 months in jail, the president’s office said. Yosef Zuria and Dan Beri, sentenced to three years in prison, were convicted of planning to destroy the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. They were among 24 Israeli Jews convicted of planning or carrying out terrorist acts against Arabs. Conservative Israelis have urged a blanket pardon.
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