Rabin, the Last Day Page #9

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and his heartbeat returned,

but the damage to his brain

was irreversible.

Air entered the wound

in his aorta

and his heart sent air

to the brain instead of blood.

That's a fatal situation.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Please introduce yourself

to the commission.

In the service I'm known as Y.S.

The VIP Security Unit.

When did you first hear of the rally?

The head of operations

in the VIP Security Unit

contacted me on October 25, 1995,

and decided that I'd be in charge

of security at the event,

six days before the assassination.

When did you start

to plan for the event?

On October 31, 1995,

a preliminary morning survey

was conducted together with the police.

Was there no survey

to check field conditions

including lighting intensity

in real nighttime conditions?

No.

In your opinion, did the short notice

hamper your planning capability?

Yes.

Only four days before the rally

was, in my opinion, too late...

considering the size of the event

and the identity

of the dignitaries who attended,

as well as the ability to be involved,

to feel out the territory.

If we could go back in time

and give you another

two or three weeks,

what would you do?

What would I do differently?

I'd get involved from the beginning,

due to the number of participants

as well as the complexity

of the event

and the fact that it covered

a broad area

with many points of access.

Did the police give you comments

from the summary of the survey

you conducted with them?

No.

You said it was a preliminary survey.

Were there other surveys?

No. That's all we managed to do

at such short notice.

But you checked

the police instructions?

We didn't check

the wording

of the police instructions,

but the police were certainly required

to visually screen everyone

who entered the area.

That is, spotting suspicious people

and preliminary questioning.

If I understand you correctly,

if you wanted to be precise

you should've said,

We asked the police

to question suspicious characters.

That way one would get the impression

that anyone who wanted

to pass the barrier,

like the drivers who had to show

an authorization by the police,

a policeman should've asked him,

Who are you?

Where are you going?

Isn't that right?

I didn't ask the police to do that.

Take no responsibility.

I'm sorry, Your Honor,

that that's the impression I gave.

Did you ask for something else?

Did you meet with the police again?

Your Honor,

our requirements were very clear.

Preliminary questioning and visual screening.

It's standard procedure.

Sir, I want to remind you

that I was given the assignment

just a few days before the event.

I did everything I could do

and should've done

in the given amount of time.

I have no more questions.

It's quite possible that the police

didn't do their job properly

and that should be looked into.

Thank you.

The next witness,

Mrs. Sara Eliash,

asked to appear before the commission

of her own volition.

She's the second witness

after Rabbi Benny Elon

to ask to appear

of his or her own volition.

I don't see

what this has to do

with the commission's mandate

to investigate the operative acts

of negligence that led to the PM's murder.

- Good morning.

- Good morning.

Please state your name,

ID number and job

into the microphone.

Sara Eliash.

ID number 10 256 801.

I'm the principal

of the girls' school in Kedumim,

Ulpana Lehava.

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.

Can you tell us why you asked

to speak to the commission?

When Avishai Raviv's name

appeared in the newspapers,

as a school principal

I was shocked

at the thought

that behind a man

who incited sedition

among little schoolgirls,

and who knows

how that might affect them -

That an official entity

stands behind him,

that made me very upset.

I asked the girls

what exactly was said

and it was not the first time.

They knew them well.

Not very well,

but they knew them by name.

By your leave I'd like to quote

a few things that were said

a little more clearly.

How old are the girls?

They're now in ninth grade.

That means they're about 14.

Not all of them.

Some are 14, 15, 16,

who went away for Shabbat -

Not girls. Young women.

You could call them young women.

These young women

often went away for Shabbat

by themselves,

just for fun.

- When was this?

- There were two Shabbats.

The 26th of Nisan,

that's what the girls said,

and the 3rd of Tammuz,

if I'm not mistaken. Yes.

- This was 1995? This year?

- Yes. This summer.

May I?

One of the girls told me,

I went into a room

where there were Kach activists.

Those were her words.

Avishai Raviv said that a Din Rodef

had been passed against the government...

that all the Arabs in Israel

should be killed

and that the whole government

should be blown up.

These things were said

in Yigal Amir's presence

and in front of college students.

The girls said they tried to argue

and then Avishai Raviv said

that the Arabs should be killed

and that soldiers

who evacuate settlements

should be shot in the leg.

This girl told me,

When I heard that I was shocked.

She tried to tell them

that soldiers shouldn't be attacked

and that you can't kill all the Arabs,

some other solution should be found.

Afterwards, of course,

we came to the conclusion

that he needs -

I'm referring to Avishai Raviv -

he needs psychological help.

- Excuse me.

- Yes.

Mazi, escort her

to the archive, please.

What's going on?

You have to go to the archive

for a few minutes.

- Okay. Can I leave my purse?

- Sure.

- What's the matter?

- This is classified information.

The secret service has informed us

that they insist

that everything concerning

Avishai Raviv remain classified.

I'll bring it to your attention

that the subject of Avishai Raviv

should be kept to a minimum.

Platoon 5, follow me!

Please leave this place now.

Hello, sir. How are you?

I'm fine. Leave now, please.

What right do you have

to get rid of us?

I want to tell you something.

A higher-ranked officer

than you was here.

- A retired general.

- Leave or I'll have to use force!

He asked,

What right do you have to be here?

I said, God commanded us to!

You know what?

Your son will do army service

on that hill too,

because we're going to decide

where this country's borders are!

When did you come up

with the idea of shooting the PM?

When the Oslo I Accord was signed.

I realized that the only way

to stop the travesty was

to get rid of the prime minister.

There are many ways to do that.

I tried them.

But I realized that the only way is

to hurt him so he can't function

as prime minister.

And if that can't be done,

if I can't put him out of commission,

then death is the answer.

Doesn't the Bible say

Thou shall not kill?

There's an agreement -

There's a more important commandment.

It's saving a human life.

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