World IN BRIEF : ISRAEL : Probe of Weizman Link to PLO Ended
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Israeli Atty. Gen. Yosef Harish has dropped a criminal investigation of dovish Science Minister Ezer Weizman, demoted for alleged contacts with the Palestine Liberation Organization, Israel Radio said. Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir removed Weizman from the policy-making Inner Cabinet last month after accusing him of meeting with a PLO official in Geneva. Israel Radio said Harish dropped the investigation because of a lack of evidence and after determining that Weizman had parliamentary immunity from prosecution.
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