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Rabin's Memorial -
The Tenth Anniversary
Rabin Memorial Postponed So Clinton Can Attend
By Barry Chamish
10-26-5
 
By Associated Press Published
October 6, 2005
 
A gathering marking the 10th anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin will be postponed a week to allow former U.S. President Bill Clinton to attend, organizers said Thursday.
 
At Clinton's request, the event, originally set for Nov. 5, will take place on Nov. 12, a day after Clinton arrives in Israel, said Moshe Debby, spokesman for the Rabin study center in Tel Aviv.
 
Rabin was gunned down after a peace rally in Tel Aviv on Nov. 4, 1995. Clinton is expected to address a memorial at the site of the assassination after speaking at the a conference kickoff dinner sponsored by the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, both on Nov. 12.
 
http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Briefs/6774.htm
 
Rabin's memorial rally was delayed to accommodate Clinton. That pretty well sums up how badly Rabin's memory has been corrupted. But on the bright side, it gives us more time to prepare to be there with the truth.
 
Rabin can save this nation from its enemies if anyone cares to have it saved anymore. The world media will be out in force to cover the tenth anniversary. And if we have any sense, we'll be joining them with signs reading:
 
Who Really Murdered Yitzhak Rabin?
Reinvestigate Now!
Arrest Peres
 
And so on...
 
Even if the Rabin issue isn't your priority, you've got Clinton on the podium. Yes, Mr. CFR Bill Clinton, the monster who gave us the Oslo accords, is coming to town. And everybody injured by his diplomacy should be on hand to give him a welcome he'll never forget.
 
Of course, the former residents of Gush Katif should unite in force to let Clinton know how much he means to them and how much they appreciate what his "peace" has brought them. But they'll be too busy sulking and taking charity to make the effort. And of course, all those protest leaders who have succeeded at nothing will keep their minions at home. Why show up for a demonstration that may actually change the course of Israel's downfall?
 
That leaves us to do the job by ourselves. I will not recommend any group to help out. Last week, one group advertised that I would be sponsoring a meeting with a Shabak-connected lawyer. That's an example of what happens when I trust people too much.
 
On the other hand, I've received numerous letters and calls from trusted readers promising to join me at the two Rabin services, on Nov. 12 in Tel Aviv and Nov. 14 at Rabin's grave on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.
 
And that's how it will be for me. On Saturday night, Nov. 12, 8 PM, I'd be honored if we met at Rabin Square, at the corner where the Rabin murder was staged. Come bearing signs. For the religious, there are only two hours between the end of Shabbat and the meeting, so plan accordingly. Please write me if you'd like to help me and the nation out.
 
Other readers are taking matters into their own hands. Three such committed correspondents want to pitch in for other events. On October 27, New York will be holding its official Rabin memorial service:
 
Rabin Memorial - RSVP to: info@newyork.mfa.gov.il
Date:20/10/2005 10:32:58 Eastern Standard Time
From:FrancineR@newyork.mfa.gov.il
To:FrancineR@newyork.mfa.gov.il
 
Yitzhak Rabin 1922-1995
 
Dear friend,
 
I am pleased to offer you the opportunity to attend the 10th Annual Commemoration Ceremony in memory of the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
 
The ceremony will take place in New York City on Thursday, October 27th, 2005 at 6:00pm, with the attendance of Rabin's daughter, Ms. Dalia Rabin, and special guest Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Please find attached an invitation for the ceremony. However, there are limited places available, and so seats will be reserved on a first come first serve basis. Please RSVP by email to info@newyork.mfa.gov.il and we will send a confirmation email.
 
Shalom,
Ambassador Arye Mekel
Consul General of Israel in New York
 
Please contact the following addresses if you'd like to hand out flyers and set this meeting straight. Hurry, there is very little time:
 
ISTANBUL18@aol.com
alsteinkopf@yahoo.com
 
The Hillel and Reform Movements are also holding services.
Try and be there:
 
Hillel
 
http://www.hillel.org/hillel/NewHille.nsf/669e75f27e96d8a1852
567d9005462b1/EBB293F60D27A4358525708800585515
 
reform
http://rac.org/pubs/israel/rabin/
 
Now, back to Israel. On Nov. 15-16, look who is coming to Netanya to commemorate Rabin. Just look at the list of "people" who have the nerve to set foot on our land. There is Javier Solana, who worked with Peres and Beilin, to sell our heritage for Europe's bounty. There is the CFR's James Wolfensohn, who sold Gush Katif to the World Bank out of his own pocket. And how can we ever properly welcome Abu Mazen and Abu Alla to our humble domicile?
 
Read the Israel Government's announcement. I'm keeping their childish spelling mistakes intact for effect:
 
ABU MAZEN AND ABU ALA WILL BE AMONG THE DIGNITORIES WHO WILL ADDRESS THE
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AT THE NETANYA ACADEMIC COLLEGE MARKING THE 10TH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASSASSINATION OF YITHAK RABIN
 
Israel Government Press Office
Sunday, 09 October, 2005
 
[IMRA: The third and most obvious alternative will, out of political
correctness, not be mentioned:
 
"Peace - Dream, Vision or Nightmare". It it close to certain that Mr.
Rabin's opposition to a Palestinian state - as expressed in his last address
to the Knesset - will remain safely buried in the national memory hole.]
 
 
The Chairman of the Palestinian Authority, Mr. Abu Mazen and Prime Minister
Abu Ala are expected to address the International Conference which will be
held at the Strategic Dialogue Center, Netanya Academic College to mark the
10th anniversary of the assassination of the late Yitzhak Rabin.
 
The International Conference will be held at the Netanya Academic College on
November 15-16, 2005 in cooperation with the Yitzhak Rabin Center.The
Chairman of the Strategic Dialogue Center, Netanya Academic College, M.K.
 
Gen. (res.) Danny Yatom personally invited Abu Mazen and Abu Ala to attend
the conference. Both accepted the invitation and would be pleased to
address the conference.
 
The address by Abu Mazen to the Netanya conference marking the 10th
anniversary of the Rabin assassination will be the first ever by a Chairman
of the Palestinian Authority to an Israeli forum.
 
Among the other dignitaries attending the International Conference in
Netanya are the following:
 
The Prime Minister of Jordan during the signing of the Peace Treaty with
Jordan, Dr. Abdul Salam Al-Majali; President of of Andalusia, Manuel Chevas;
Miguel Moratinos, Spanish Foreign minister; Javier Solana, European Union
High Representative for the Common Foreign & Security Policy; former
President of Indonesia, Abdurrahman Wahid; Senior Adviser to the President
of Egypt, Dr.Osama El Baz; James Wolfenson, Special representative of the
'Quartet' of International mediators and former President of the World Bank.
The United States and Great Britain has announced that a very senior representative will
participate in the conference at the Netanya College. France is expected to
send a senior representative.
 
Other dignitaries are waiting for confirmation of their participation.
 
The International Conference at the Netanya Academic College to mark the
10th anniversary of the assassination of the late Yitzhak Rabin is under the
theme "Peace - Dream or Vision".
 
A wonderful lady from Netanya called me to volunteer to make this conference an event for the ages. If you want to join her in ruining the party, write her at: grubin@bezeqint.net
 
The volunteers have asked what they can hand out at such short notice. Under separate cover I've sent you a picture that says it all. You will see an ambulance beside Rabin's limousine, the ambulance Rabin wasn't put in. At the front of the vehicle you will see Shimon Peres coordinating the next move with Rabin's driver, Menachem Damti.
 
As for a flyer, print lots of the following:
 
WE ACCUSE THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT OF LYING ABOUT THE RABIN ASSASSINATION
 
* We charge Rabin's bodyguard Yoram Rubin with perjury in his testimonies to the Shamgar Commission and at Yigal Amir's trial. He testified that Amir's bullet entered and penetrated his arm at the elbow, exiting at the shoulder.
 
* We charge the pathologist Dr. Yehuda Hiss with medical malpractice and evidence tampering. While all other doctors including Gutman, Sneh and Barabash reported that Rabin's spine was shattered causing death, Hiss removed the wound from Rabin's autopsy.
 
* We charge Avishai Raviv with perjury at his recent trial. Raviv testified that Amir never informed him of his murderous intent.
 
* We charge Shimon Peres with gross misconduct and dereliction of public service. As prime minister, Peres approved the Shamgar Commission's conclusions that Rabin was shot twice in the back.
 
* We charge former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Meir Shamgar with gross judicial misconduct for changing the time of Rabin's murder from 9:30 PM to 9:50.
 
* We charge Eitan Haber of evidence destruction based on his own testimony to the Shamgar Commission that he absconded with Rabin's possessions at Ichilov Hospital, while later admitting to Kol Ha'ir that on the same night he cleaned out Rabin's filing cabinets at the Prime Minister's office.
 
* We charge Rabin's driver, Menachem Damti with perjury for testifying to the Shamgar Commission and at Amir's trial, that he drove to Ichilov Hospital in less than two minutes. The ride actually took 22 minutes.
 
* We charge Yoram Rubin with perjury for testifying to the Shamgar Commission that Rabin was shot at 9:50. Yigal Amir was arrested at 9:30.
 
* We charge Rubin, Damti and Shamgar with conspiracy to alter evidence, by coordinating a new, later time of murder.
 
* We charge Rubin and Damti of being accessories to the murder of Yitzhak Rabin by deliberately denying him medical treatment. Note the ambulance beside Rabin's limousine. Why wasn't Rabin offered the services of trained medical professional waiting ten feet away from him.
 
* We charge Yoram Rubin with perjury for testifying to the Shamgar Commission and Amir's judges that Rabin helped him get up after he was shot and then jumped head-first into the limousine. No such thing happened.
 
* We charge Menachem Damti with perjury for testifying to the Shamgar Commission that he was opening the door for Leah Rabin when he heard the first shot, and that he reacted by immediately jumping into the driver's seat, as he was trained to do. Leah Rabin was standing on the steps nowhere near her husband when Amir shot the blanks and Damti stayed outside after the shot.
 
* We charge the chief judge at Yigal Amir's trial, Edmund Levy, with gross judicial misconduct for dismissing the testimony of police forensics expert, Inspector Baruch Gladstein, who proved scientifically that Rabin was shot at 0 range, about half a meter closer than Amir ever got to Rabin. We charge that Levy acted with full knowledge and intent in this dismissal of evidence. All previous evidence including Inspector Gladstein's testimony is found at www.barrychamish.com, as is the defence summation of attorney Jonathan Goldberg. Within the latter is more than enough proof that Judge Levy deliberately ignored and dismissed relevant evidence throughout the trial.
 
Please, someone, translate the relevant passages of this message into Hebrew and spread the invitation to the memorial services far and wide.
 
As a reminder of the kind of ghastly felon who will be eulogizing Rabin and soiling our land, I leave you with the following.
 
The Clinton Legacy
 
The Progressive Review
Our Clinton Scandal Index
 
RECORDS SET
 
* The only president ever impeached on grounds of personal malfeasance
 
* Most number of convictions and guilty pleas by friends and associates*
 
* Most number of cabinet officials to come under criminal investigation
 
* Most number of witnesses to flee country or refuse to testify
 
* Most number of witnesses to die suddenly
 
* First president sued for sexual harassment.
 
* First president accused of rape.
 
* First first lady to come under criminal investigation
 
* Largest criminal plea agreement in an illegal campaign contribution case
 
* First president to establish a legal defense fund.
 
* First president to be held in contempt of court
 
* Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions
 
* Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions from abroad
 
* According to our best information, 40 government officials were indicted or convicted in the wake of Watergate. A reader computes that there was a total of 31 Reagan era convictions, including 14 because of Iran-Contra and 16 in the Department of Housing & Urban Development scandal. 47 individuals and businesses associated with the Clinton machine were convicted of or pleaded guilty to crimes with 33 of these occurring during the Clinton administration itself. There were in addition 61 indictments or misdemeanor charges. 14 persons were imprisoned. A key difference between the Clinton story and earlier ones was the number of criminals with whom he was associated before entering the White House.
 
Using a far looser standard that included resignations, David R. Simon and D. Stanley Eitzen in Elite Deviance, say that 138 appointees of the Reagan administration either resigned under an ethical cloud or were criminally indicted. Curiously Haynes Johnson uses the same figure but with a different standard in "Sleep-Walking Through History: America in the Reagan Years: "By the end of his term, 138 administration officials had been convicted, had been indicted, or had been the subject of official investigations for official misconduct and/or criminal violations. In terms of number of officials involved, the record of his administration was the worst ever."
 
STARR-RAY INVESTIGATION
 
* Number of Starr-Ray investigation convictions or guilty pleas to date (including one governor, one associate attorney general and two Clinton business partners): 14
 
* Number of Clinton Cabinet members who came under criminal investigation: 5
 
* Number of Reagan cabinet members who came under criminal investigation: 4
 
* Number of top officials jailed in the Teapot Dome Scandal: 3
 
CRIME STATS
 
* Number of individuals and businesses associated with the Clinton machine who have been convicted of or pleaded guilty to crimes: 47
 
* Number of these convictions during Clinton's presidency: 33
 
* Number of indictments/misdemeanor charges: 61
 
* Number of congressional witnesses who have pleaded the Fifth Amendment, fled the country to avoid testifying, or (in the case of foreign witnesses) refused to be interviewed: 122
 
SMALTZ INVESTIGATION
 
* Guilty pleas and convictions obtained by Donald Smaltz in cases involving charges of bribery and fraud against former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy and associated individuals and businesses: 15
 
* Acquitted or overturned cases (including Espy): 6
 
* Fines and penalties assessed: $11.5 million
 
* Amount Tyson Food paid in fines and court costs: $6 million
 
CLINTON MACHINE CRIMES FOR WHICH CONVICTIONS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED
 
Drug trafficking (3)
Racketeering, extortion, bribery (4)
Tax evasion, kickbacks, embezzlement (2)
Fraud (12)
Conspiracy (5)
Fraudulent loans, illegal gifts (1)
Illegal campaign contributions (5)
Money laundering (6)
Perjury, obstruction of justice
 
OTHER MATTERS INVESTIGATED BY SPECIAL PROSECUTORS
AND CONGRESS, OR REPORTED IN THE MEDIA
 
Bank and mail fraud, violations of campaign finance laws, illegal foreign campaign funding, improper exports of sensitive technology, physical violence and threats of violence, solicitation of perjury, intimidation of witnesses, bribery of witnesses, attempted intimidation of prosecutors, perjury before congressional committees, lying in statements to federal investigators and regulatory officials, flight of witnesses, obstruction of justice, bribery of cabinet members, real estate fraud, tax fraud, drug trafficking, failure to investigate drug trafficking, bribery of state officials, use of state police for personal purposes, exchange of promotions or benefits for sexual favors, using state police to provide false court testimony, laundering of drug money through a state agency, false reports by medical examiners and others investigating suspicious deaths, the firing of the RTC and FBI director when these agencies were investigating Clinton and his associates, failure to conduct autopsies in suspicious deaths, providing jobs in return for silence by witnesses, drug abuse, improper acquisition and use of 900 FBI files, improper futures trading, murder, sexual abuse of employees, false testimony before a federal judge, shredding of documents, withholding and concealment of subpoenaed documents, fabricated charges against (and improper firing of) White House employees, inviting drug traffickers, foreign agents and participants in organized crime to the White House.
 
ARKANSAS ALZHEIMER'S
 
Number of times that Clinton figures who testified in court or before Congress said that they didn't remember, didn't know, or something similar.
 
Bill Kennedy 116
Harold Ickes 148
Ricki Seidman 160
Bruce Lindsey 161
Bill Burton 191
Mark Gearan 221
Mack McLarty 233
Neil Egglseston 250
Hillary Clinton 250
John Podesta 264
Jennifer O'Connor 343
Dwight Holton 348
Patsy Thomasson 420
Jeff Eller 697
 
THE CLINTON LEGACY - LONELY HONOR
 
Here are some of the all too rare public officials, reporters, and others who spoke truth to the dismally corrupt power of Bill and Hill Clinton's political machine -- some at risk to their careers, others at risk to their lives. A few points to note:
 
* Those corporatist media reporters who attempted to report the story often found themselves muzzled; some even lost their jobs. The only major dailies that consistently handled the story well were the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Times.
 
* Nobody on this list has gotten rich and many you may not have even heard of. Taking on the Clintons typically has not been a happy or rewarding experience. At least ten reporters have been fired, transferred off their beats, resigned, or otherwise gotten into trouble because of their work on the scandals. Whistleblowing is even less appreciated within the government. One study of whistleblowers found that 232 out of 233 them reported suffering retaliation; another study found reprisals in about 95% of cases.
 
* Contrary to the popular impression, the politics of those listed ranges from the left to the right, and from the ideological to the independent.
 
* We have not included victims of the Clinton machine, some of whom have acted with considerable danger and at considerable risk to themselves. They will be included on a later list.
 
PUBLIC OFFICIALS
 
MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ - A prosecutor on the staff of Kenneth Starr. His attempts to uncover the truth in the Vincent Foster death case were repeatedly foiled and he was the subject of planted stories undermining his credibility and implying that he was unstable. Rodriguez eventually resigned.
 
JEAN DUFFEY - Head of a joint federal-county drug task force in Arkansas. Her first instructions from her boss: "Jean, you are not to use the drug task force to investigate any public official." Duffey's work, however, led deep into the heart of the Dixie Mafia, including members of the Clinton machine and the investigation of the so-called "train deaths." Ambrose Evans-Pritchard reports that when she produced a star witness who could testify to Clinton's involvement with cocaine, the local prosecuting attorney, Dan Harmon issued a subpoena for all the task force records, including "the incriminating files on his own activities. If Duffey had complied it would have exposed 30 witnesses and her confidential informants to violent retributions. She refused." Harmon issued a warrant for her arrest and friendly cops told her that there was a $50,000 price on her head. She eventually fled to Texas. The once-untouchable Harmon was later convicted of racketeering, extortion and drug dealing.
 
BILL DUNCAN - An IRS investigator in Arkansas who drafted some 30 federal indictments of Arkansas figures on money laundering and other charges. Clinton biographer Roger Morris quotes a source who reviewed the evidence: "Those indictments were a real slam dunk if there ever was one." The cases were suppressed, many in the name of "national security." Duncan was never called to testify. Other IRS agents and state police disavowed Duncan and turned on him. Said one source, "Somebody outside ordered it shut down and the walls went up."
 
RUSSELL WELCH - An Arkansas state police detective working with Duncan. Welch developed a 35-volume, 3,000 page archive on drug and money laundering operations at Mena. His investigation was so compromised that a high state police official even let one of the targets of the probe look through the file. At one point, Welch was sprayed in the face with poison, later identified by the Center for Disease Control as anthrax. He would write in his diary, "I feel like I live in Russia, waiting for the secret police to pounce down. A government has gotten out of control. Men find themselves in positions of power and suddenly crimes become legal." Welch is no longer with the state police.
 
DAN SMALTZ - Smaltz did an outstanding job investigating and prosecuting charges involving illegal payoffs to Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy, yet was treated with disparaging and highly inaccurate reporting by the likes of the David Broder and the NY Times. Espy was acquitted under a law that made it necessary to not only prove that he accepted gratuities but that he did something specific in return. On the other hand, Tyson Foods copped a plea in the same case, paying $6 million in fines and serving four years' probation. The charge: that Tyson had illegally offered Espy $12,000 in airplane rides, football tickets and other payoffs. In the Espy investigation, Smaltz obtained 15 convictions and collected over $11 million in fines and civil penalties. Offenses for which convictions were obtained included false statements, concealing money from prohibited sources, illegal gratuities, illegal contributions, falsifying records, interstate transportation of stolen property, money laundering, and illegal receipt of USDA subsidies. Incidentally, Janet Reno blocked Smaltz from pursuing leads aimed at allegations of major drug trafficking in Arkansas and payoffs to the then governor of the state, WJ Clinton. Espy had become Ag secretary only after being flown to Arkansas to get the approval of chicken king Don Tyson.
 
DAVID SCHIPPERS - House impeachment counsel and a Chicago Democrat. He did a highly creditable job but since he didn't fit the right-wing conspiracy theory, the Clintonista media downplayed his work. Thus most Americans don't know that he told NewsMax, "Let me tell you, if we had a chance to put on a case, I would have put live witnesses before the committee. But the House leadership, and I'm not talking about Henry Hyde, they just killed us as far as time was concerned. I begged them to let me take it into this year. Then I screamed for witnesses before the Senate. But there was nothing anybody could do to get those Senators to show any courage. They told us essentially, you're not going to get 67 votes so why are you wasting our time." Schippers also said that while a number of representatives looked at additional evidence kept under seal in a nearby House building, not a single senator did.
 
JOHN CLARKE - When Patrick Knowlton stopped to relieve himself in Ft. Marcy Park 70 minutes before the discovery of Vince Foster's body, he saw things that got him into deep trouble. His interview statements were falsified and prior to testifying he claims he was overtly harassed by more than a score of men in a classic witness intimidation technique. In some cases there were witnesses. John Clarke has been his dogged lawyer in the witness intimidation case that has been largely ignored by the media, even when the three-judge panel overseeing the Starr investigation permitted Knowlton to append a 20 page addendum to the Starr Report.
OTHER
 
THE ARKANSAS COMMITTEE - What would later be known as the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy actually began on the left - as a group of progressive students at the University of Arkansas formed the Arkansas Committee to look into Mena, drugs, money laundering, and Arkansas politics. This committee was the source of some of the important early Clinton stories.
 
CLINTON ADMINISTRATION SCANDALS E-LIST - Moderated by Ray Heizer, this list has been subject to all the idiosyncrasies of Internet bulletin boards, but it has nonetheless proved invaluable to researchers and journalists.
JOURNALISTS
 
JERRY SEPER of the Washington Times was far and away the best beat reporter of the story, handling it week after week in the best tradition of investigative journalism. If other reporters had followed Seper's lead, the history of the Clintons machine might have been quite different.
 
AMBROSE EVANS-PRITCHARD of the London Telegraph did a remarkable job of digging into some of the seamiest tales from Arkansas and the Clinton past. Other early arrivals on the scene were Alexander Cockburn and Jeff Gerth.
 
CHRISTOPHER RUDDY, among other fine reports on the Clinton scandals, did the best job laying out the facts in the Vince Foster death case.
 
ROGER MORRIS AND SALLY DENTON wrote a major expose of events at Mena, but at the last moment the Washington Post's brass ordered the story killed. It was published by Penthouse and later included in Morris' "Partners in Power," the best biography of the Clintons.
 
OTHERS who helped get parts of the story out included reporters Philip Weiss, Carl Limbacher, Wes Phelan, David Bresnahan, William Sammon, Liza Myers, Mara Leveritt, Matt Drudge, Jim Ridgeway, Nat Hentoff, Michael Isikoff, Christopher Hitchens, and Michael Kelly. Also independent investigator Hugh Sprunt and former White House FBI agent Gary Aldrich.
 
Sam Smith of the Progressive Review wrote the first book (Shadows of Hope, University of Indiana Press, 1994) deconstructing the Clinton myth and the Review developed a major database on the topic.
 
The Clintons, to adapt a line from Dr. Johnson, were not only corrupt, they were the cause of corruption in others. Seldom in America have so many come to excuse so much mendacity and malfeasance as during the Clinton years. These rare exceptions cited above, and others unmentioned, deserve our deep thanks.
 
Write me at chamish@netvision.net.il To acquire a copy of my book, Who Murdered Yitzhak Rabin and the video of the same name.
 
http://www.barrychamish.com
 

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