Articles by Uri Avnery:

Another Superfluous War

Posted on: 17 Nov 2012

The day after the assassination of Ja’abari, Gershon Baskin, who had been involved in mediating Shalit’s release, disclosed that he had been in contact with Ja’abari up to the last moment. Ja’abari had been interested in a long-term cease-fire. The Israeli authorities had been informed.