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Shin Bet chief: Up to 200 Jews 'actively awaiting' PM's death

By Gideon Alon

Haaretz
20 July 2004

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/453803.html

The Shin Bet internal security service has a list of between 150
and 200 Jews who are "actively awaiting" the death of Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon, agency director Avi Dichter told the
Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense on Tuesday morning.

He did not clarify what he meant by "actively awaiting."

Dichter said most of these individuals live in West Bank
settlements while a smaller number live in the Gaza Strip. He said
some of those on the list are described as "hilltop youth," young
settlers who are extremist in their beliefs and actions.

Labor MK Haim Ramon asked Dichter: "If we were talking about
Palestinians and not Jews, would you place these people in
administrative detention?"

"Absolutely," Dichter replied.

Likud MK Ehud Yatom, a member of the Knesset committee, a former
senior Shin Bet official, told Army Radio he was wondering why the
individuals on the agency's list were not being detained and
interrogated.

"I don't see any difference between Jewish terrorism and
Palestinian terrorism," Yatom said, adding the Shin Bet director
must "immediately arrest and limit the free rights" of every
Jewish suspect.

Yatom said he took Dichter's remarks very seriously but added that
"an anonymous, lone Jewish assassin is more dangerous than a
violent group that is recognized and being followed" by the
authorities.

MK Shaul Yahalom said he was deeply disturbed by the information
Dichter presented and said the phenomenon must be combated.
Yahalom said, however, the individuals must not be arrested.

An a cabinet meeting held on July 4, Dichter said "the activities
of Israel's extreme right have escalated." He cited a story about
IDF Lieutenant Colonel Yakutiel Vizner, rabbi for the IDF Central
Command, who was attacked in a Haredi neighborhood in northern
Jerusalem by right-wing militants.

Dichter said the attackers were infuriated over the consent given
by Vizner to the demolition of the "Kahane College" on the West
Bank. They blocked the rabbi's path and cursed Vizner and his
wife, and this continued until police arrived and dispersed the
attackers.

MK Ophir Pines-Paz (Labor) said early this month the attorney
general should deal harshly with right-wing verbal incitement.