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Summary: Pathetic, irresponsible and also demeaning to Rabin's family
Review: This book is really an exercise steeped in purposeful deception, lies and obfuscations. It is simply a propoganda exercise meant to support the Shamgar Commission Report and to pander to, and allay the fears of, the many liberal, establishment secular Jews who depend on the status quo and who haven't the courage to face up to the truth of Rabin's assassination.Dr. David Morrison, the author of "Lies - Israel's Secret Service and the Rabin Murder," presents a damning critique of this book and the authors and their deceptions are made clear point by point. If you want to keep your head buried in the sand then read "Murder in the Name of God." If you want a serious critique of all of the available evidence then read Barry Chamish or Dr. Morrison's "LIES." Wake up Israel!
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Summary: A frightening tale of mystagogical fanaticism
Review: This is a gereat book. As a lvoer of Israel I was always appalled by the Yigal Amir's of this world. This book gives great context to the more fanatical nationalist elements in both Israel and regrettable here in the United States. I never thought I owuld ever see the day when bogus Rabbis would issue a "fatwa" on a Prime Mnister's life. yet Jacob Hecht essentially did that. Unfortuantely the debate in Israel (has anyone seen the Knesset in action?) is loud, vituperative, vulgar and shrill. I am also aware of conspiracy theorists ont he web, people who are trying to exonerate the mystagogical settlers from teh murder. This is baloney and worthy of an Oliver Stone. Unfortunately politcal/physical violence against fellow Jews is not unheard of: the Arlosoroff Affair, the Altalena affair; the murder of Emil Grunzweig in an anti-Lebanon war demonstration in 1982 and of course the Rabin murder. The fact that some insane people here and in Israel are calling for a pardon for Amir is very disturbing. If you hate fanaticism as I do, this book becomes despite its superb writing and research - a painful read.
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Summary: Ties together circumstances which led to Rabin's murder.
Review: This terrific book was an easy read, and managed to weave together many seemingly apparent notions in a manner no one has yet done about the relationship between the assasination of Rabin and the political right in Israel. Yet it also tells the greater story of how the small religious right minority in Israel has slowly begun to leave its mark on Israeli society at large, while using the very government and democratic tools they reject. While this book is a must read for anyone living in Israel or interested in the political situation there, it has great value for Americans (a chapter is devoted to right wing supporters of Israel in the United States) and freedom loving people everywhere. Serious dangers exist when people attempt to gain power democratically while preaching that their ways are the ways of God (with the implication that all others are the ways of non-believers). The chaos that can take place as these groups gain power is apparent from such disparate places such as the United States, Israel, Algeria and Iran, to name a few. This book seriously details the steady erosion to Israel's once vibrant, but now teetering, democracy that has resulted from the rise to power of these would be despots. The terrible situation that exists in Algeria and Iran, partly due to the rise of such groups, is clear. One can also see the clear link between these groups in Israel and those who would bomb abortion clinics, burn black churches, deface synagoges, bomb federal buildings, and commit other similar acts of domestic terrorism and intimidation in the United States.
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