For the second Monday in a row, many dozens of women stood outside the President\'s Residence in Jerusalem, demanding that Mr. Katzav pardon Margalit Har-Shefi. They maintained that her conviction of knowing in advance of Yigal Amir\'s intention to murder Yitzchak Rabin and of not stopping him is a perversion of justice.
The women say that Har-Shefi\'s own claim that she did not know of Amir\'s plans must be given as much weight as the judges\' feeling that she did know. They further note that the General Security Service head at the time, Carmi Gillon, himself said that he and others could not conceive of a Jew \"getting up and killing the Prime Minister.\"
The campaign for a Presidential pardon for Margalit Har-Shefi has even reached the grocery-store level. One of the mini-markets in Har-Shefi\'s hometown of Beit El includes a note on the bottom of each receipt declaring Margalit\'s innocence. Another Beit El supermarket went one better, capping off each purchase with a reminder to fax Pres. Katzav and ask that Margalit be pardoned. The receipt even includes the presidential fax number: 02-561-1033, but does not mention that faxes may also be sent to Justice Minister Meir Shetreet at 02-628-5438.
The women say that Har-Shefi\'s own claim that she did not know of Amir\'s plans must be given as much weight as the judges\' feeling that she did know. They further note that the General Security Service head at the time, Carmi Gillon, himself said that he and others could not conceive of a Jew \"getting up and killing the Prime Minister.\"
The campaign for a Presidential pardon for Margalit Har-Shefi has even reached the grocery-store level. One of the mini-markets in Har-Shefi\'s hometown of Beit El includes a note on the bottom of each receipt declaring Margalit\'s innocence. Another Beit El supermarket went one better, capping off each purchase with a reminder to fax Pres. Katzav and ask that Margalit be pardoned. The receipt even includes the presidential fax number: 02-561-1033, but does not mention that faxes may also be sent to Justice Minister Meir Shetreet at 02-628-5438.