One of the founding members of Peace Now, Edna Shabtai, has publicized a letter she wrote to former MK Geulah Cohen. Shabtai states in the letter that she now recognizes that the Palestinian entity wishes nothing more than to eradicate the Jewish presence in Israel. Shabtai later explained, \"Now, after the past nine months, everyone whose eyes are just a little bit open can see where Arafat is headed: towards the conquest of all of Eretz Yisrael, and the return of all Palestine to the Palestinians. For us, this is a death decree... I keep thinking about Abba Kovner\'s call to Lithuanian Jewry on Jan. 1, 1942, which began, \"Jewish youth, don\'t trust those who are leading you astray... Don\'t go like sheep to the slaughter.\" We must recognize what we are headed for if we allow our hands to be tied and our eyes to be bound...\"
Excerpts from Shabtai\'s letter to her former political opponent, MK of the now-defunct nationalist Techiyah (Revival) party: \"The government must immediately issue the following announcement: \'The State of Israel recognizes the state of war waged against it by and under the auspices of the Palestinian Authority for the past nine months. This is a war of terrorism, the PA\'s answer to the generously outstretched hand of peace proffered by its elected Prime Minister, Ehud Barak... Instead of peace, the Palestinian answer is the dispatching of brainwashed young killers, outfitted with vests of death, to purposely kill children and youth in our cities in mass murders that outrage the heart of all humans. Israel sees itself, starting from June 2, the morning after the mass slaughter of the children, in a state of genuine war, and will do everything it can to protect itself and its citizens, according to international law...\'\"
Government Minister Shlomo Benizri (Shas) also expressed full remorse yesterday for his support of Oslo.
Excerpts from Shabtai\'s letter to her former political opponent, MK of the now-defunct nationalist Techiyah (Revival) party: \"The government must immediately issue the following announcement: \'The State of Israel recognizes the state of war waged against it by and under the auspices of the Palestinian Authority for the past nine months. This is a war of terrorism, the PA\'s answer to the generously outstretched hand of peace proffered by its elected Prime Minister, Ehud Barak... Instead of peace, the Palestinian answer is the dispatching of brainwashed young killers, outfitted with vests of death, to purposely kill children and youth in our cities in mass murders that outrage the heart of all humans. Israel sees itself, starting from June 2, the morning after the mass slaughter of the children, in a state of genuine war, and will do everything it can to protect itself and its citizens, according to international law...\'\"
Government Minister Shlomo Benizri (Shas) also expressed full remorse yesterday for his support of Oslo.