ISRAEL'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY was planned as a year-long celebration but the Palestinian uprisings put a serious damper on the festivities. Some events were canceled and tourism from the
U.S. was down, but an open-air concert by the Israeli Philharmonic (shown here) was well attended in Tel Aviv in April.

ISRAEL

THE SHIN BET, Israel's security services, came under scrutiny and reprimand for mistreating Arab
prisoners. Here, the Landau Commssion presents its critical report to Prime Minister Shamir.

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1988

`GUILTY' was the verdict from
an Israeli court at the
conclusion of a year long trial
of retired auto worker John
Demjanjuk in Jerusalem.
Convicted of Nazi war crimes
as Ivan the Terrible, he was
sentenced to death.

NUCLEAR SECRETS revealed
by a former Israeli nuclear
technician to a British
newspaper resulted in an
18-year jail sentence for
Mordechai Vanunun, who was
convicted of treason.