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- Today was supposed to be
special. This was to be the
day that Israel's only secular alternative
newspaper, Makor Rishon, returned
to life. And to celebrate its
revival, Makor Rishon was going to expose
the full extent of the Rabin
assassination coverup in detail.
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- And indeed, the newspaper was
printed and a six page
article written by Tsur Ehrlich about my work
did appear with the headline,
Khaver Ani Khoker; Friend, I'm
Investigating. The radio commercials were
broadcast this morning
declaring the revival of Makor Rishon and proudly
announcing that its
feature article was a focus on my latest Rabin revelations.
But at
10:30 this morning Tsur phoned to say, "We're not sure what
happened yet, but the paper wasn't distributed."
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- "What do you mean?" I
asked. "What happened
to the copies?" "We really don't
know yet. They could all have
been trashed by the
distributors."
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- "Do you think it's because of the Rabin
expose?"
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- "Not very likely. We think the distributors are
taking
revenge for old debts."
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- So, I make no claims that the authorities suppressed
the issue. Still I have my suspicions and here is why:
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- For the past month I have
suffered one media disappointment
after another. Every time it looks
like I will finally be given a widespread
forum to present the facts to
the public, something comes up at the last
minute to wipe out the
opportunity. Two examples: three weeks ago I was
filmed at length by
the Channel Two morning program, Coffee Time, only
to have my segment
nixed from the show minutes before air-time. The next
week, I was
invited to appear on the Channel One program Politika. The
producer
came in the morning to interview me and by 4:30 in the afternoon,
he
called to say he was told to cancel my appearance because a balancing
opinion could not be found.
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- The powers that be have been doing a marvelous job of
repression in the past two weeks. Barely a fortnight ago, the Rabin family
called for a reinvestigation of the Rabin murder and the media was forced
to report that the circumstances of the assassination didn't add up. Then
suddenly there was nothing. Rabin's children and wife were no longer
newsworthy
and the truth was stopped in its tracks.
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- So here I am, giving
you some of the new revelations
that you will not have a chance to read
in Makor Rishon today and that
you will never read in the mainstream
media. I am very grateful to several
of my correspondents for pitching
in to spread this letter as widely as
possible. Most of you reading
this are concerned correspondents who have
long ago asked to be updated
on my work. Some of you are friends of my
regular correspondents who
recommended you as recipients in an attempt
to fight the media
suppression through an alternative e-mail network.
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- A mere five years ago, the
Rabin assassination coverup
would have failed. Then came the Internet.
Because of you fine folks spreading
the truth, the latest polls
(Gallup, Jerusalem Post) show that some 65%
of Israelis want Rabin's
murder reinvestigated. And these people have bought
my book Who
Murdered Yitzhak Rabin by the thousands and made it number
three on the
Yediot Ahronot bestselling Israeli books list last week.
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- So let's have a look
at some new developments.
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- * One of the most intrepid truthseekers has been Asher
Zuckerman, editor of the religious newspaper Kol Hashavuah. He just broke
the disturbing report on the condition of the head of the surgical team
which operated on Rabin, Dr. Mordechai Gutman. For those unfamiliar with
the medical inconsistencies of the Rabin murder, according to the State
Pathologist's report and the findings of the Shamgar Commission, Rabin
was shot twice in the back and was not inflicted with any spinal wounds.
Dr. Gutman's notes reveal that Rabin was shot once frontally and that two
vertebrae were shattered. For the past five weeks Dr. Gutman has been
incarcerated
in Tel Hashomer Hospital with headaches that have all but
incapacitated
him. His doctors have sent his test results to hospitals
around the world
and cannot find the cause of his debilitating
affliction.
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- * At a recent lecture, a member of the audience asked
to speak
with me privately and requested that I do not reveal his name.
He
opened my Hebrew book to the page where I presented the report on Hagai
Amir's weapons from police ballistics laboratory. Hagai Amir was
imprisoned
for keeping an arsenal of weapons in his home and for giving
his brother
Yigal the bullets which supposedly murdered Rabin. Included
in the armory
was a pistol whose serial number was noted.
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- The audience member
took out his own weapon and asked
me to read the serial number. It was
the very same number as Hagai Amir's
pistol. How could that be, I
asked? He explained, "The night after
the murder, the Shabak
raided my house and took my gun and bullets. They
had to have handed
them over to the police, claiming they actually belonged
to Hagai
Amir."
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- * Remember Rabin's blood-soaked
song sheet held by Eitan
Haber at his funeral? The week after the
murder, a local Ashdod newspaper
interviewed a hospital worker who
insisted that he saw the songsheet fall
out of Rabin's jacket pocket
and that there was no blood on it. The implication
is that after Haber
absconded with the sheet from Ichilov, the blood was
deliberately
stained on the paper.
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- * In a profound piece of detective work, Dr. David Chen
discovered the identities of one doctor and two paramedics who sat in an
ambulance not twelve feet away from where Rabin was shot by Amir's blank
bullets. After the first shot was heard, they ran towards Rabin and were
physically prevented from reaching him by Rabin's bodyguards. The doctor
was actually forced to the ground.
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- * Last Friday I appeared in a
discussion group with Knesset
members Michael Eitan, Nomi Blumenthal
and Gideon Ezra. Former Shabak Deputy
Chief Ezra was challenged by
attorney Mordechai Mintzer to explain the
twelve year incarceration of
the Kahalani brothers. He replied thatthey
were dangerous terrorists
who were planning to mass murder Arabs. I said
to him, "I have a
report from the police ballistics laboratory from
the night before the
weapons were discovered in the Kahalani brothers'
possession. The
police had the rifles and therefore planted them the next
day, not in
their car but in a vehicle owned by a Shabak agent named Yves
Tibi. The
Kahalani brothers were set up and I can prove it." Ezra
answered,
"That's clear," and then stopped himself. Draw your
own
conclusions. The audience of 300 had no trouble doing so.
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- These are some of the
facts the Israeli media is hiding
from you. This week, however,
presents a unique opportunity to create a
situation where they can do
so no more. On Thursday, Dec. 16, at 8:30 AM,
in the Beit Mishpat
Leshalom in Jerusalem, at the Russian Compound, the
Shabak provocateur
Avishai Raviv's trial begins. The newsmagazine Kol Ha'ir
reported that
Raviv was offered a generous deal if he confessed to failing
to prevent
Rabin's murder, and he turned it down.
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- And why shouldn't he? A minute
after Amir's shots, Raviv
called the beeper phones of over 30 reporters
and announced, "We missed
this time, but next time we'll get
Rabin." A minute later, a Maariv
reporter called back and Raviv
gave out Yigal Amir's details, forty minutes
before Amir's name was
announced to the public. Raviv is innocent of the
charge that he didn't
prevent Rabin's murder. He knew of a fake murder
attempt, not a genuine
killing.
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- It looks like Raviv will fight for his innocence and
the
prosecution will do all in its power to prevent him from having a fair
trial. It is vital that anyone concerned for Israel's democracy sit in
the courtroom as witnesses. Only by doing so, is there a faint possibility
that the trial won't turn into a judicial farce. Recall that twice before,
Raviv's hearing was postponed. Before arriving, it might be wise to phone
the court spokesperson and doublecheck that the proceedings will take
place.
Call Yochi at 02 6706411.
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- Finally, the English version of
Who Murdered Yitzhak
Rabin is sold out in Israel. So David Perkins flew
to Los Angeles to buy
out the publisher's stock to be sold through the
Zionist Book Club. He'll
be back just in time for Raviv's trial with,
hopefully, 1500 copies following
him. Contact him at
perkins@netvision.net.il
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- As usual, the Hebrew and Russian editions are available
from Gefen Books. Write isragefen@netmedia.net.il or call 02 5380247 and
the French edition is available by writing lurcat@netvision.net.il
And you might like to go into the Talk Back section of http://www.webseers.com/rabin
for the latest information on the assassination from sources worldwide.
If you are interested in acquiring the Makor Rishon article that will
never
hit the stands, the author Tsur Ehrlich's phone is 02
5904051.
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