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BYE BYE GAZA - Barry Chamish

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Saadat, the leader of the Popular Front for Liberation of<br />

Palestine, is believed to have ordered the assassination of<br />

cabinet minister Rehavam Ze'evi in a Jerusalem hotel in<br />

2001 What isn't widely known, however, is that Israeli<br />

security was involved in allowing the killing, having put Ze'evi<br />

in an insecure hotel location and withdrawn his guards so the<br />

attackers could get to him.<br />

Israel claims that they raided the prison in order to prevent<br />

PA president Mahmoud Abbas from freeing Saadat as he<br />

publicly promised to do last week. But, it may just as well<br />

have been to prevent Saadat from disclosing any collusion<br />

with the Israeli's in the elimination of the pesky and<br />

outspoken Ze'evi, who wasn't going along with PM Sharon's<br />

sellout policies.<br />

Only one writer sent me a reminder of the facts:<br />

http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=9254<br />

"In another portion of the interview that was edited out, Arafat<br />

apparently said that the Israeli Mossad (external intelligence<br />

service) was behind the assassination in Jerusalem of Israeli<br />

cabinet minister Rehav'am Ze'evi."<br />

I'll remind you of my conclusion:<br />

In early October, 2001, Zeevi threatened Sharon. If Peres did<br />

not stop his secret diplomacy, he would publicly reveal what<br />

it involved. Sharon acquiesced and had a letter drawn<br />

promising that he would order Peres to cancel a planned<br />

meeting with Arafat in Greece. A week before his murder,<br />

Zeevi displayed the letter at a party caucus meeting.<br />

Sharon's appeasement did not succeed for long. On October<br />

13, 2001 Zeevi handed Sharon his final ultimatum: Peres is<br />

removed from the cabinet or he will resign from the<br />

government and take two parties with him; Yisrael B'aliyah<br />

and the National Party. Sharon was given a choice between<br />

Peres and suicidal withdrawal, or his coalition. Sharon went

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