Peace in jeopardy again as Israeli stabbed to death

A PALESTINIAN attacker stabbed a man to death and wounded another in Tel Aviv yesterday in what police said was the first terror attack in an Israeli city since militant groups declared a truce June 29. Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom warned the Palestinians were running out of time to crack down on the militants.

“There was a kind of quiet understanding they would have three weeks or so to get organised,” Shalom told Army Radio. “Those three weeks end this weekend. There have been a few signs of activity but there’s not the sort of action that’s required,” he said.

Palestinian Information Minister Nabil Amr said Palestinian authorities “will continue our efforts to contain these acts and to put an end to these acts”. He said the truce would hold.