Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak is scheduled to testify before the Ohr Commission at 3 PM today. MK Shlomo Ben-Ami, who served as Minister of Public Security under Barak, completed his testimony, which began yesterday, this morning. His basic thrust: The police didn\'t tell me anything. Barak\'s aides say that as opposed to Ben-Ami, he will not blame his underlings.
The commission is hearing testimonies pertaining to police and government actions during the violent Israeli-Arab riots and attacks against police in October 2000. Thirteen Arabs were killed during the riots, which included mobs of hundreds of Arabs throughout the Galilee pulling motorists out of their cars and beating them, bombarding police with rocks and slingshots, and closing off critical highways - including the Wadi Ara highway, the main artery between central Israel and the Tiberias-Jezre\'el Valley area. The commission\'s mandate does not include investigating the cause of the riots, who stood behind them, and the extent of the rioting.
The commission is hearing testimonies pertaining to police and government actions during the violent Israeli-Arab riots and attacks against police in October 2000. Thirteen Arabs were killed during the riots, which included mobs of hundreds of Arabs throughout the Galilee pulling motorists out of their cars and beating them, bombarding police with rocks and slingshots, and closing off critical highways - including the Wadi Ara highway, the main artery between central Israel and the Tiberias-Jezre\'el Valley area. The commission\'s mandate does not include investigating the cause of the riots, who stood behind them, and the extent of the rioting.