Sharon: Tel Aviv Blast Shows Need for Barrier

NPR | By Julie McCarthy

Published July 11, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

An explosion at a bus stop in Tel Aviv kills an Israeli soldier and wounds more than 14 people. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said the attack showed the need for Israel's controversial security barrier in the West Bank, which the World Court has declared illegal. NPR's Julie McCarthy reports.

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