Tightened security measures for Barak

The Israeli daily Haartez said on Sunday that tough security measures were tightened around Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak in light of rumored information on the intention of the extremist settlers from the Israeli right wing to assassinate Barak.

The Israeli paper added, according to the Israeli radio on Sunday, that the Israeli general security department decided to intensify security for Barak and several members of his government in light of threats spoken by extremist settlers.

However, Channel II of the Israeli TV said on Saturday late evening said that chairman of the intelligence commission in the Israeli police Maj. Gen. Haem Saeel said that the information available with the police resemble information that preceded the assassination if Yitzhak Rabin in Tel Aviv at the hand of a Jewish extremist.