Corrections and Clarifications

An item in last Saturday's page 1 digest implied incorrectly that the new Israeli Minister for Defence, Mr Benjamin Ben-Eliezer…

An item in last Saturday's page 1 digest implied incorrectly that the new Israeli Minister for Defence, Mr Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, was an Arab. In fact, as the report on page 14 made clear, it is the new Minister without Portfolio, Mr Salah Tarif, who is a member of the Israeli-Arab community.

The Greystones Archaeological and Historical Society's annual general meeting takes place in the La Touche Hotel at 8 p.m. tomorrow, Wednesday, not today as stated in Monday's What's On column.

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