Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu said Sunday that he would not accept Brig.-Gen. Niso Shacham's apology for the words he uttered during the Kfar Maimon march in the lead-up to the Disengagment of 2005. "If he had committed himself not to repeat the eviction there would have been room to consider the apology, but as things look right now I cannot accept the apology," said Rabbi Eliyahu.
"The fact that he received backing from the Attorney General [Menachem] Mazuz was understood by policemen in Amona as a green light for violence, and they left behind dozens of injured," the Rabbi explained. "A man who symbolized violence cannot be a commander of Jerusalem, which is a city of peace."
"The fact that he received backing from the Attorney General [Menachem] Mazuz was understood by policemen in Amona as a green light for violence, and they left behind dozens of injured," the Rabbi explained. "A man who symbolized violence cannot be a commander of Jerusalem, which is a city of peace."