Rabin, the Last Day Page #3

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I cannot say.

The time is now 11:15 PM.

Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is dead.

He was murdered in the battle

for peace.

The soldier who fought many wars

was murdered in the battle

for peace.

And he wasn't able to -

By your leave, holy congregation,

we'll begin the Pulsa diNura ceremony.

Before Yom Kippur

we were informed

that the government

of the villain Yitzhak Rabin

is not only handing over Hebron,

the city of our forefathers, to our enemies,

it is even giving them

control of the Jewish cemetery there.

When I heard that,

I knew that no holds were barred.

The Pulsa diNura curse comes

from the Talmud

and was only cast twice

since the Middle Ages, against Trotsky,

and now, against Yitzhak Rabin.

The prime minister is the enemy

of the people

and he will find his death

in less than a month from now.

And upon him,

Yitzhak son of Rosa Cohen,

known as Yitzhak Rabin,

we have leave to call upon

the Angels of Destruction

to wield their swords

against this evil man

and the Angels of Destruction,

emissaries of the Lower Regions,

have no right to pity him

or forgive his sins.

And may all the curses

be upon him, amen!

And may all the curses

be upon him, amen!

Good morning.

Mr. Nolte,

please call on the next witness,

Attorney General Michael Ben-Yair.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Please state your name,

ID number

and position.

Michael Ben-Yair.

ID number 10 38 67 47.

I am the current attorney general.

It's my duty to warn you

that you must speak the truth,

the whole truth

and nothing but the truth,

or you may be punished

as prescribed by law.

Please tell us what was written

in the letter by Major General Y. Levy,

Israel Police head of investigations.

Major General Y. Levy asked me

to conduct an investigation

concerning complaints

against a number of rabbis

who were suspected of passing a Din Rodef

against the late prime minister,

thereby rendering his life forfeit.

I have the letter here.

I'll read it to you.

Regarding:

the investigation of the rabbis.

The attorney general read

your aforementioned letter

and the attached investigation file

and after consulting

with the state attorney

and the director of the Criminal Division

of the state attorney's office,

he asked me to respond that in accordance

with the police departments position

and the state attorney's recommendation,

the attorney general has decided

to close the case

due to lack of sufficient evidence.

The investigation was initiated

due to complaints

against a number of rabbis

suspected of passing a Din Rodef

against the late prime minister,

Yitzhak Rabin, RIP,

thereby rendering his life forfeit.

Rabbis Dov Lior,

Nachum Rabinowitz,

Eliezer Melamed

and Shmuel Dvir were investigated.

Two people claimed

that Rabbi Dvir told them

that he spoke to Rabbis Dov Lior

and Nachum Rabinowitz

and gathered from what they said

that they passed a Din Rodef

against Yitzhak Rabin.

This is merely hearsay countered

by absolute denial.

The aforementioned rabbis deny

that they passed a Din Rodef

against Yitzhak Rabin.

Rabbi Dvir denies saying these things

to the aforementioned two people.

The rabbis deny all acquaintance

with Rabbi Dvir

and insist that they have always

warned against acts of violence.

Continue, please.

Regarding the letter

to the great rabbinic jurists

from Rabbis Dov Lior,

Daniel Shilo and Eliezer Melamed

asking about the content of the Din Moser

concerning the PM and his ministers.

The content of the letter was deemed

insufficient grounds for criminal charges.

The interrogee's also claimed

that the matter was theoretical

and that the purpose of the letter was

to receive a Jewish-law opinion

on the existing situation.

The letter was signed

by Noam Solberg,

senior adviser to the attorney general

and copies were sent

to State Attorney Ms. Nava Ben-Or,

director of the Criminal Division

of the state attorney's office,

and to Ms. Talia Sasson,

head of the attorney general's office's

Integrated Committee

for Dealing with Crimes of Sedition.

On what were the claims

against them based?

Against Dov Lior

and Nachum Rabinowitz,

two people claimed

that they heard separately

from Rabbi Dvir

that he spoke to the rabbis

and gathered that they passed

a Din Rodef

against the late Yitzhak Rabin.

Rabbi Dvir denies this,

and the rabbis deny

all acquaintance with Rabbi Dvir.

The rabbis also insist

that they always warn

against the use of violence.

Regarding the letter

to the great rabbinic jurists,

the letter from Dov Lior,

Daniel Shilo and Eliezer Melamed,

the letter was weighed up...

and deemed insufficient grounds

for criminal charges.

Mrs. Orot,

I understand we have that letter.

Could you please read it

to the commission?

I'll read the rabbis' letter.

Rabbi Dov Lior,

chief rabbi of Kiryat Arba,

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed, secretary of the

Judea-Samaria Rabbinical Committee,

and Rabbi Daniel Shilo,

rabbi of Kedumim.

What judgment does this evil government

and its leader deserve?

Can they be considered

accomplices to murder

perpetrated by terrorists?

Since after all, they are responsible

for their increased power

and their armament.

According to Jewish law

should they be tried,

and what would be their penalty

should they be found guilty?

If they can be punished

by the religious court,

is it every Jew's obligation

to see to it

that they are brought to trial

in religious court,

or, if given no choice,

in a secular court?

Thus write the great religious jurists.

And is it the public leaders' duty

to warn the prime minister

and his ministers at this terrible time

that if, following the bitter test

of the Oslo Accords,

they continue to apply it

throughout Judea and Samaria,

they will be liable by Torah law

to the punishment accorded to those

who hand over Jewish lives

and property to gentiles?

We can no longer silence the question

that bursts from our pained hearts.

- Thank you. That's enough.

- Thus write the great jurists.

Rabbi Dov Lior,

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed

and Rabbi Daniel Shilo.

- Yes.

- Thank you.

- Were there other statements?

- Yes.

A particularly vehement statement...

by Rabbi Nachum Rabinowitz

which was secretly recorded

by Mr. Frankenthal.

Rabbi Rabinowitz compares

the Israeli government

to the Nazi regime.

He even mentions the possibility

of planting land mines

if IDF soldiers should come

to evacuate the settlements.

Under interrogation,

Rabbi Rabinowitz stated...

that he is against violence

and the day when he spoke privately

with Mr. Frankenthal

he was apparently very upset

since it was Holocaust Remembrance Day

among other things.

I don't get it.

You decided to close the case

despite all this?

Look, I can't base

a criminal charge

on these types of statements.

In order to prove grounds

for a crime,

the statement had to be publicized.

It was not.

This is not to detract from the severity

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