A full-page ad in the weekly Makor Rishon newspaper is the latest subject of radio talk-shows, political condemnations, and even criminal charges. The ad, signed by Moshe Feiglin and other leaders of Zo Artzeinu - the \"This is Our Land\" protest organization established in 1995 against the Oslo policies of the Rabin government - called for nothing less than the murder of Yasser Arafat. \"In these days of bloodshed,\" it reads, \"at least one Jew a day is sacrificed on the Moloch altar of peace and restraint, by direct order of arch-murderer Arafat, may his name be blotted out. The government of Israel, instead of crushing the head of the snake, and preventing vital supplies from reaching the leadership of the murderous terrorist organization that he established, allows him in practice to murder us at will. We call upon everyone within whom the spirit of justice and integrity still flows, and finds himself with the opportunity, to kill Arafat.\" Feiglin and the other signatories write that they expect to be put on trial for their call, and that whoever heeds their call will as well, but \"we are turning to the courageous of spirit amongst us.\"
Feiglin told Arutz-7\'s Shai Ben-Tekoa today that he expects to be tried and not exonerated: \"It\'s true that Prof. Ze\'ev Sternhall, writing in Ha\'aretz, gave advice to the Palestinians not to commit terrorism in pre-1967 Israel, and only to kill settlers in Judea and Samaria, and it\'s true that he will not be made to stand trial, but with us it will certainly be different; this is Israel, what can we do... We are in a situation where, ever since Oslo, everything is completely mixed-up, and as Isaiah said, people think that good is bad, and bitter is sweet, and Arafat is our ally, and the settlers are our enemies... At one point or another, there has to be someone who will get up and say that the King is naked...\"
Boaz Heinemann, the youngest member of the Israeli underground of the 1980\'s, was asked by Israel Radio today what he thought of the call to murder Arafat. His response: \"The IDF instructions clearly state that if one sees a man engaged in terrorist activities, you may open fire. Arafat is the man behind the constant terrorist activities against Jews, so I don\'t see the problem.\" He admitted, however, that it would be better if Arafat would be killed in an official operation, rather than by a private citizen.
Feiglin told Arutz-7\'s Shai Ben-Tekoa today that he expects to be tried and not exonerated: \"It\'s true that Prof. Ze\'ev Sternhall, writing in Ha\'aretz, gave advice to the Palestinians not to commit terrorism in pre-1967 Israel, and only to kill settlers in Judea and Samaria, and it\'s true that he will not be made to stand trial, but with us it will certainly be different; this is Israel, what can we do... We are in a situation where, ever since Oslo, everything is completely mixed-up, and as Isaiah said, people think that good is bad, and bitter is sweet, and Arafat is our ally, and the settlers are our enemies... At one point or another, there has to be someone who will get up and say that the King is naked...\"
Boaz Heinemann, the youngest member of the Israeli underground of the 1980\'s, was asked by Israel Radio today what he thought of the call to murder Arafat. His response: \"The IDF instructions clearly state that if one sees a man engaged in terrorist activities, you may open fire. Arafat is the man behind the constant terrorist activities against Jews, so I don\'t see the problem.\" He admitted, however, that it would be better if Arafat would be killed in an official operation, rather than by a private citizen.