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Nov. 16, 2003 'There is nothing left' By TOVAH LAZAROFF Two months ago Vicky Angel celebrated her cousin's wedding in the Neveh Shalom Synagogue in Istanbul. On Sunday, she stood in its ruins, having arrived from Israel the night before as part of an eight person assistance delegation from the Jewish Agency. "It is so sad, there is nothing left," said Angel explaining that 80 percent of the building was destroyed in the blast, that disrupted a bar-mitzvah prayer service on Shabbat morning. The twin blasts outside both Neveh Shalom and Beth Israel Synagogue about three miles away, killed 23,...

Jerusalem, November 16, 2003 Cabinet Communique (Communicated by the Cabinet Secretariat)At the weekly Cabinet meeting today (Sunday), November 16, 2003: 1. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon sent condolences in the name of the Government and people of Israel to the families of those who were murdered in the double terrorist attack yesterday (Saturday), November 15, 2003, in Istanbul, and also sent his best wishes for a speedy and complete recovery to those who were wounded. The Prime Minister said that we have seen yet again that terror knows no boundaries, does not differentiate between religion or blood and that its purpose...