Israeli President cancels Ghana visit

.... in fear of revenge attack

Israeli daily Yediot Ahronot revealed in its Tuesday issue that Israeli President Shimon Peres cancelled his historic visit to Ghana and Ethiopia after warnings of the possibility of revenge attacks for the death of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and assassinated Hezbollah leader and commander Imad Mughniyah, assassinated in 2008.

The newspaper mentioned that the plan was for Peres to visit the two nations in July, heading a large delegation including approximately two hundred Israeli businessmen.

Basing its report on Israeli security sources, the paper says that the decision to cancel the trip was taken after considering the cost of security measures needed to protect the president following the security warnings.