Aussies Call Off Sharon Visit as ‘Inconvenient’
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CANBERRA, Australia — The Australian government Thursday called off a planned visit by Israeli Minister of Trade and Industry Ariel Sharon, saying it would be “too inconvenient.”
The action followed public controversy and a warning from Australia’s Arab community of possible violent demonstrations against Sharon--who was Israeli defense minister at the time of the Beirut refugee camp massacres by Lebanese Christians in 1982.
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