Sharon told NBC News Monday that, "the atmosphere here looks like the eve of the civil war," Haaretz reports. He also told NBC that measures are being taken to protect his life from right wing assassins. Is it just me, or does the American press not seem to be covering this very much?

Meantime, Hezbollah flew an unmanned surveillance plane over northern Israel. This follows its November flight of a small reconnaissance drone into Israel from Lebanon.

Posted by Laura at April 11, 2005 05:01 PM