BYE BYE GAZA - Barry Chamish

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the information was accurate. The Shabak refused to
respond.
Gat then turned to a sensitive issue. He played me the tape
of Glicksburg calling the watch photo a fabrication and asked
for my reaction. Since I didn't fabricate it, I suggested that he
contact the photographer. That could be done by phoning the
photo dept. of Yediot Achronot. He did so and was greeted
with hostility. The man on the phone was sick of fielding
inquiries about the photo from journalists. The photo, though,
was no longer in the Yediot archives but when it was there,
the watch read 9:50.
So Gat took the next obvious step; he asked for the
photographer's name and phone number. The name was
Pablo Bichman but no number existed because Bichman
committed suicide a few years ago, about the time I first
released his watch shot.
My, my. Another "suicide" around Rabin. He joins such
august company as three of Rabin's bodyguards, the Bar Ilan
student David Newman, who on the night of the murder sent
an e-mail with his suspicions about Amir to newsgroups, and
Avishai Raviv's Russian companion, one Ariel, who "jumped"
to his death from a building in Dimona. One can only imagine
what Pablo Bichman's lens captured that led to his early
demise.
Gat quizzed Oren Agmon, head of Yediot's photo bureau and
he told him, "The real picture shows the watch at 9:50. Pablo
Bichman left the paper well before he killed himself. Any
attempt to connect the photo with a conspiracy about his
suicide is ridiculous."
The Anashim article is essential reading about the Rabin
assassination and treats me more than fairly. It's on the kiosk
and supermarket stands until Dec. 6. Israeli readers, if you
can't find it, order by e-mail at anashim1@spotnik.com or
call 03 6275566.