Sharon muzzles ministers on London blasts
Israel’s Ariel Sharon has imposed a gag order on his cabinet over the London bombings to avoid offending British sensibilities with comparisons to his country’s fight against Palestinian militants, officials said. The prime minister muzzled his normally talkative cabinet after Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom seemed to equate Thursday’s deadly attacks with suicide bombings against Israeli civilians, comments that Israeli commentators said were ill-timed. Full Story