The Women in Green organization has announced a new campaign on behalf of Margalit Har-Shefi. It will feature a new bumper sticker quoting Ecclesiastes (3, 16) in condemnation of the perversion of justice. At the heart of the campaign will be a nation-wide petition drive asking that President Moshe Katzav pardon Margalit.
Ms. Har-Shefi was convicted of not preventing the assassination of Yitzchak Rabin in Nov. 1995, even though she \"knew\" of Yigal Amir\'s intentions to commit the crime. Throughout the judicial proceedings against her, however, she has consistently claimed that she did not suspect that Amir would actually follow through with his threats, and that if she would have suspected his true intentions she would have done everything she could to foil the scheme. The Court ruled otherwise, however, determining that she in fact did know that Amir was serious. Her father, Dov Har-Shefi, said afterwards, \"Apparently the Supreme Court thinks it can take the place of G-d, Who can read people\'s minds and thoughts.\"
Over two years have passed since Attorney-General Elyakim Rubenstein decided, after several months of indecision, to indict GSS-agent Avishai Raviv on charges similar to those of which Margalit Har-Shefi was found guilty. Several witnesses have testified that they heard Raviv attempt to goad Amir into killing Prime Minister Rabin. Since the indictment, however, the government has been felled twice, Leah Rabin passed away, and Har-Shefi had two appeals rejected - and the Raviv trial has not even begun.
Following several delays and re-schedulings, today became just the latest scheduled court date to find itself canceled for various reasons. Arutz-7\'s Adir Zik recounts the history:
\"Rubenstein announced that he would hand down the indictment in November \'98. It was finally handed down only in April \'99, with the first session scheduled for July \'99. This date was pushed off until September, then was pushed off again, and the first session was on Oct 3, \'99. The next session was to take place over two months later, in December, but was pushed off until Feb 22, 2000. Between then and now there was exactly one session, with the next one supposed to have been today - but it, too, was pushed off…\"
The trial will not begin until at least this coming May; the reason for the delay has been announced to be \"the prosecution\'s appeal regarding the extent of the material to be presented to the defense team.\" MK Nachum Langental (NRP) told Arutz-7\'s Ariel Kahane today: \"I have no doubt that they are trying to hide something, for why else would there be a delay of five years before the trial even begins?\"
Ms. Har-Shefi was convicted of not preventing the assassination of Yitzchak Rabin in Nov. 1995, even though she \"knew\" of Yigal Amir\'s intentions to commit the crime. Throughout the judicial proceedings against her, however, she has consistently claimed that she did not suspect that Amir would actually follow through with his threats, and that if she would have suspected his true intentions she would have done everything she could to foil the scheme. The Court ruled otherwise, however, determining that she in fact did know that Amir was serious. Her father, Dov Har-Shefi, said afterwards, \"Apparently the Supreme Court thinks it can take the place of G-d, Who can read people\'s minds and thoughts.\"
Over two years have passed since Attorney-General Elyakim Rubenstein decided, after several months of indecision, to indict GSS-agent Avishai Raviv on charges similar to those of which Margalit Har-Shefi was found guilty. Several witnesses have testified that they heard Raviv attempt to goad Amir into killing Prime Minister Rabin. Since the indictment, however, the government has been felled twice, Leah Rabin passed away, and Har-Shefi had two appeals rejected - and the Raviv trial has not even begun.
Following several delays and re-schedulings, today became just the latest scheduled court date to find itself canceled for various reasons. Arutz-7\'s Adir Zik recounts the history:
\"Rubenstein announced that he would hand down the indictment in November \'98. It was finally handed down only in April \'99, with the first session scheduled for July \'99. This date was pushed off until September, then was pushed off again, and the first session was on Oct 3, \'99. The next session was to take place over two months later, in December, but was pushed off until Feb 22, 2000. Between then and now there was exactly one session, with the next one supposed to have been today - but it, too, was pushed off…\"
The trial will not begin until at least this coming May; the reason for the delay has been announced to be \"the prosecution\'s appeal regarding the extent of the material to be presented to the defense team.\" MK Nachum Langental (NRP) told Arutz-7\'s Ariel Kahane today: \"I have no doubt that they are trying to hide something, for why else would there be a delay of five years before the trial even begins?\"