To: American Spirit who wrote (18403 ) 4/27/2004 12:10:30 PM From: Karen Lawrence Respond to of 81568 Likud activist calls Sharon Nazi Inter- Likud campaign gets acrimonious as struggle over the disengagement plan intensifies. Yifat Zohar Advertisement The atmosphere in the Likud has reached near boiling point, following a vicious atack on PM Sharon by Ohad Kamin, a leading activist of the extreme right wing "Jewish Leadership" faction headed by Moshe Faiglin. “Sharon is not only an enemy, he is the most dangerous enemy of Israel”, wrote Likud activist, Ohad Kamin in a fiery article against PM Sharon on the “Jewish Leadership” Website and went on to compare the PM to a Nazi. In the article Kamin, a right wing journalist and columnist who also writes for Makor Rishon and Arutz Sheva, also issued threats and incitement against Sharon. Kamin writes, “What is the meaning of the statement that Sharon is our enemy? That negotiating with him, as with any true enemy, only increases his power base, the threat he poses and the sensation surrounding him”. “The common thread of our enemies is that only force speaks to them. From their point of view- and this includes Sharon- whatever is said by an armed man is more just than what is said by an unarmed man. For the modern Barbarian (and Sharon is a prime example) power is justice”. The article has sent a shock wave through the party. Education Minister Limor Livnat was flabbergasted by the incendiary content, and has requested hearings to expel Kamin from the party. The party’s general manager Arik Barmi and the movement’s counsel have also filed similar requests to the party’s disciplinary court, which has the authority to rule on such measures. “Only a sick mind would compare the Prime Minister to a Nazi criminal, and only an extreme and twisted one would call for violence against him”, said Barmi who went on to call for a police investigation of Kamin, to also check if his opinions represent an entire movement. The Likud director has ordered that security at the polls be increased. “Jewish Leadership” has removed Kamin’s article from its Website. maarivintl.com