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To: Joe NYC who wrote (213455)	12/20/2004 6:48:01 AM
From: Taro	Respond to of 1575175

Joe, let me tell you here that I am quite at odds with what I believe is Zionism as represented by Irgun and then later Lehi/Stern and their supporters as well as those, who build on their foundation. Having said that, rest assured that I am no Anti-Semite and count several Jewish individuals in Israel and in the US to my closest friends and at least in one case to more than that. As a matter of fact Official Israel reaction to certain events, had they come from a non Jewish source would most probably have drawn a chorus of anti-semite accusations against whoever dared to make such statements. One such example below. Taro Israeli Government Response to the Rabin Assassination--Government Crack-down on Jewish Ultra-Right Extremists Likely <http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/groups.htm> [ local mirror ] FROM: The Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence Fax Service St Andrews University, St Andrews, Scotland. Review of recent Activities of known Israeli Ultra-Right/Ultra-Nationalist Organisations The Tragic History of Assassination and the Middle East Peace Process At almost every critical junction of the Arab-Israeli peace process assassination has tragically struck down one of the principal architects of the process. In each instance, the perpetrators sought to decisively de-rail progress towards a comprehensive peaceful solution of Arab-Israeli and Israeli-Palestinian differences. Among the victims have been: -- In 1948, Count Folke Bernadotte, the Swedish nobleman who had been appointed the United Nations Special Mediator, was assassinated by men belonging to the far-right /ultra-nationalist Jewish terrorist organisation, LEHI (Lohamei Herut Yisrael, "Freedom Fighters for Israel), better known as "The Stern Gang."). Four years before, the same group had assassinated the British Government Cabinet Minister for the Minister East, Lord Moyne, in Cairo. -- In 1951, King Abdullah, the ruler of Jordan and the present King Hussein's grandfather, was assassinated by a Palestinian gunmen both because of the Jordan's annexation of the West Bank, but more so because of the King's direct negotiations for peace with Israel. -- In 1981, Anwar Sadat was assassinated in Cairo by the group variously calling itself Al-Jihad ("Holy War); al-Gamat al-Islamiya ("The Islamic Group") and "Eagles of the Revolution," for his role in the conclusion of a peace treaty with Israel embodied in the Camp David Accords. An Historical Analogy: Previous Israeli Action Against Jewish Assassins Given the historical precedent of the then-new Israeli Government's response to the Bernadotte assassination nearly 50 years ago, it seems likely that the current Israeli Government will act quickly and forcefully to blunt this latest threat to its authority and challenge to peace. The "Emergency Regulations" used by the Israeli Government to combat Arab and Palestinian terrorism today were first enacted in 1948 specifically for use against the Jewish terrorist organisation responsible for the Bernadotte assassination and is likely to be applied against the individuals and group responsible for Prime Minister Rabin's assassination yesterday. The history of the Regulations' enactment is summarised as follows: -- On 10 September 1948, the three commanders of LEHI [including the former Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Shamir; Nathan Friedmann-Yellin and Israel Schieb] allegedly met in Tel Aviv to plot the assassination of Bernadotte (Whilst Shamir, in his autobiography, Summing Up (London, 1994, p.75), does not deny that LEHI members assassinated Bernadotte, he claims that neither heÄnor any other member of the LEHI high commandÄwere involved in either its planning or execution). -- On 16 September, Bernadotte was assassinated. As with Rabin's assassination yesterday, a hitherto unknown group, calling itself the "Fatherland Front" claimed credit. The "Fatherland Front" in fact was a cover name for the LEHI, agreed upon and adopted by the organisation in hopes of avoiding any government reprisals against themselves or the rest of the group.