BYE BYE GAZA - Barry Chamish

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October 18, 1999 - Israel -- A Jewish extremist was
convicted last Tuesday of placing a pig's head on the Muslim
grave of 1930s Palestinian nationalist fighter Izz el-Deen al-
Qassam. Qassam was a revolutionary Muslim cleric and an
inspiration to the militant wing of the present-day Islamic
group Hamas, which is opposed to the Palestinian peace
movement with Israel. The Jerusalem District Court,
however, found insufficient evidence that the defendant,
Avigdor Eskin, was guilty of conspiring to catapult a pig's
head into Islam's third holiest shrine atop Jerusalem's
Temple Mount. Pigs are considered "unclean" by both
Judaism and Islam. No date has been set for sentencing, but
prosecutors will allegedly ask that Eskin serve jail time for his
pork-related crimes.
November 19, 1999 - Israel -- An Israeli court sentenced a
Jewish extremist to 2-1/2 years in jail for placing a pig's head
on the grave of a Palestinian nationalist. The court last week
also gave Avigdor Eskin an 18-month suspended sentence
for conspiring to torch offices belonging to Israeli peace
activists. Eskin was cleared of charges of plotting to catapult
a pig's head onto the Temple Mount. On Friday, November
12, Avigdor Eskin was sentenced to two years in jail for
"orchestrating" the placing of a pig's head on the grave of
Issidin El Kassam.
And this is only a sample of Eskin's activities. Let us not
forget the following:
- It was Eskin's protégé, Tatiana Suskind who was convicted
of distributing a drawing of Muhamed having relations with a
pig, in Hebron.
- Another Eskin cohort, one Larissa Trembovler (mistakenly
written Trimbobler), put an end to her marriage with its four
children, to become engaged to that misunderstood hero,
Yigal Amir. Eskin was the proud matchmaker.
- On the occasion of Amir's 30th birthday, Eskin thoughtfully
brought a birthday cake to Beersheva prison. When a taxi