Currently, 76 families live in Sa-Nur, and more are expected to arrive prior to the planned destruction of the town as part of the Disengagement Plan. The residents called a press conference Monday to voice their concern that the Sharon family is making great efforts to admit provocateurs into the village in order to defame the residents’ struggle and torpedo anti-expulsion efforts from within.
Sa-Nur spokesman Yossi Dagan said that after two of the agents tried to recruit volunteers to take over an Arab home on the outskirts of Sa-Nur, and after the two refused to listen to residents’ request that they leave the Arab neighbor alone, “it became clear, without a doubt, that we were dealing with provocateurs.”
A third agent first aroused suspicion when he succeeded in changing his official address to Sa-Nur with the Interior Ministry. Such a move has been impossible for nearly half a year, and even more unlikely at the time when the resident did it – a few days after a military order officially forbade moving to Sa-Nur.
Concern about such GSS agents has been prevalent ever since the exposure of GSS agent provocateur Avishai Raviv (pictured above), following the murder of Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin. Raviv was found to be behind many violent acts, staged radical swearing-in ceremonies and distribution of outrageous anti-Rabin pictures.
All three of the suspected agents at Sa-Nur, once accused, disappeared – cutting off all contact with members of the community and changing their telephone numbers.
Shabak chief Yuval Diskin has assured President Moshe Katzav that no such agents are being used by the Shabak. He was asked once again by Knesset members, Monday, about the deployment of provocateurs among right-wing groups, a method used in the past prior to the murder of Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin. Diskin denied the reports, saying “The Shabak does not employ provocateurs like these. These cases are groundless and cause damage to the agency.”
Elsewhere on Monday, A., a resident of the Gush Katif town of N’vei Dekalim for thirteen years, arrived at the town’s employment office to fill out official forms and was propositioned by the Shabak. He was approached by two men who flashed their police IDs at him. The two men ordered A. to stand in the corner of the room and told him he was accused of hitting a soldier.
A. told Arutz-7’s Ariel Kahane that he had nothing to do with any attack on a soldier or policeman, but described the manner in which the two repeatedly accused him of the deed and brought him in for questioning, telling him that a criminal file had been opened against him.
During the course of the questioning, A. said, the two officers revealed to him their true intentions and asked him to tell them details about the atmosphere and mood in N’vei Dekalim. A. refused to talk about details of his community. At that point the officers began threatening A. At one point, one of the investigators called A.’s cellular phone – and when it rang – said to the other one “it’s him.” A. suspected that they intended to strengthen his concern that his telephone conversations were being monitored by the Shabak.
Eventually the investigators made it clear to A. that they wanted him to report information to the Shabak about anti-Disengagement activities, in return for a handsome salary. A., despite his continued unemployment, flatly refused and was later released.
MK Gila Finkelstein (NRP) demanded an investigation into allegations that the rights of six anti-expulsion activists being held in a Shabak compound were violated. Finkelstein said there is evidence that the Shabak eavesdropped on the prisoners’ attorneys, in contravention of the law.
Finkelstein requested that Attorney General Menachem Mazuz open an investigation into the complaint. “The violation of law, and the trampling of human rights and the rights of a prisoner by the Shabak, especially in the subject of eavesdropping on discussions with an attorney, must be subject to an investigation.” wrote Finkelstein.
Sa-Nur spokesman Yossi Dagan said that after two of the agents tried to recruit volunteers to take over an Arab home on the outskirts of Sa-Nur, and after the two refused to listen to residents’ request that they leave the Arab neighbor alone, “it became clear, without a doubt, that we were dealing with provocateurs.”
A third agent first aroused suspicion when he succeeded in changing his official address to Sa-Nur with the Interior Ministry. Such a move has been impossible for nearly half a year, and even more unlikely at the time when the resident did it – a few days after a military order officially forbade moving to Sa-Nur.
Concern about such GSS agents has been prevalent ever since the exposure of GSS agent provocateur Avishai Raviv (pictured above), following the murder of Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin. Raviv was found to be behind many violent acts, staged radical swearing-in ceremonies and distribution of outrageous anti-Rabin pictures.
All three of the suspected agents at Sa-Nur, once accused, disappeared – cutting off all contact with members of the community and changing their telephone numbers.
Shabak chief Yuval Diskin has assured President Moshe Katzav that no such agents are being used by the Shabak. He was asked once again by Knesset members, Monday, about the deployment of provocateurs among right-wing groups, a method used in the past prior to the murder of Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin. Diskin denied the reports, saying “The Shabak does not employ provocateurs like these. These cases are groundless and cause damage to the agency.”
Elsewhere on Monday, A., a resident of the Gush Katif town of N’vei Dekalim for thirteen years, arrived at the town’s employment office to fill out official forms and was propositioned by the Shabak. He was approached by two men who flashed their police IDs at him. The two men ordered A. to stand in the corner of the room and told him he was accused of hitting a soldier.
A. told Arutz-7’s Ariel Kahane that he had nothing to do with any attack on a soldier or policeman, but described the manner in which the two repeatedly accused him of the deed and brought him in for questioning, telling him that a criminal file had been opened against him.
During the course of the questioning, A. said, the two officers revealed to him their true intentions and asked him to tell them details about the atmosphere and mood in N’vei Dekalim. A. refused to talk about details of his community. At that point the officers began threatening A. At one point, one of the investigators called A.’s cellular phone – and when it rang – said to the other one “it’s him.” A. suspected that they intended to strengthen his concern that his telephone conversations were being monitored by the Shabak.
Eventually the investigators made it clear to A. that they wanted him to report information to the Shabak about anti-Disengagement activities, in return for a handsome salary. A., despite his continued unemployment, flatly refused and was later released.
MK Gila Finkelstein (NRP) demanded an investigation into allegations that the rights of six anti-expulsion activists being held in a Shabak compound were violated. Finkelstein said there is evidence that the Shabak eavesdropped on the prisoners’ attorneys, in contravention of the law.
Finkelstein requested that Attorney General Menachem Mazuz open an investigation into the complaint. “The violation of law, and the trampling of human rights and the rights of a prisoner by the Shabak, especially in the subject of eavesdropping on discussions with an attorney, must be subject to an investigation.” wrote Finkelstein.