Israel - Possibility Of
Civil War Becomes Reality
By Jerusalem Newswire
Editorial Staff
3-5-5
JERUSALEM - Events this week indicated the threat of a civil war over
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's 'disengagement' plan might be more of a
reality than many Israelis care to acknowledge.
A media circus earlier in the week over a false claim that rabbis had
granted permission to open fire on non-Jewish evacuators led Wednesday
to a very real religious ruling allowing Arab soldiers to kill
resisting Gaza residents.
It was reported last week that the government plans to send special
units made up of Arabs and anti-settler leftists to carry out the
expulsion of Gaza,s Jews.
A right-wing MK accused Sharon of purposely encouraging the situation
in an effort to demonize the settler movement prior to what is certain
to be an emotion-filled evacuation.
Aryeh Eldad said he believed the ongoing provocation would ultimately
create an atmosphere where having soldiers open fire on Jewish
settlers would no longer be publicly unacceptable.
Journalists Wednesday admitted to fulfilling their role in this fiasco
by inciting against disengagements opponents in order to keep their
editors happy.
False Claim Of Incitement
A Druze combat soldier serving in the Gaza Strip asked Defense
Minister Sha,ul Mofaz Tuesday if Jewish settlers slated for forced
evacuation would be permitted to open fire on non-Jewish soldiers and
police officers taking part in the evacuation.
The young man had reportedly been concerned over rumors that certain
rabbis had issued a religious ruling authorizing live fire on Druze
and Bedouin security forces sent to rip Jews from their homes.
The alleged religious ruling had been the topic of banner headlines in
Israel,s mainstream leftist media earlier in the week.
A legal advisor for the General Security Services told the Knesset
Constitution Committee Tuesday that no such religious ruling existed.
Dangerous Religious Ruling
The mere thought that such an edict could be made, however, prompted a
prominent Bedouin religious figure to issue his own ruling Wednesday
allowing Arab soldiers to kill any Jew who attempted to harm them
during the disengagement.
"Whoever attempts to harm Bedouin soldiers shouldn't think they would
just stand there and do nothing," Channel Two News quoted Sheikh Kamal
Abu Nadi as saying.
Abu Nadi, who himself served in the IDF for 11 years, is a respected
cleric whose rulings are followed by a large number of Bedouin
families.
Explosive Situation
Reports last month indicated the Sharon government was putting
together special units made up of Arabs and anti-settler leftists to
carry out the evacuation.
"I know the army is developing units like that," Likud member Moshe
Feiglin told WorldNetDaily. "They will not outright advertise that
only Arabs and leftists will be acceptable, but in order to be
accepted to such a unit you have to agree to take part in a unit
created specifically for a political act. So it will be ensured those
in such a unit agree."
Assembling such units would eliminate the possibility of sending
soldiers who have a moral problem with uprooting Jews, and who may
respond by refusing orders.
It also greatly increases the possibility of an outbreak of violence,
however.
The Media Is Playing Its Part
Several mainstream journalists participating in an open discussion on
Israel Radio Wednesday admitted the media had been played its part in
fomenting a dangerous atmosphere by "seriously exaggerating" acts of
incitement against Sharon's plan.
The participants said heavy pressure to keep their editors happy with
"scoops" had led to the irresponsible coverage.
Preparing The Nation For Civil War
Eldad told Ynet Wednesday reporters had no shortage of inflammatory
stories because the Sharon government itself was making them up.
"Sharon needs the provocation," Eldad said. "In my opinion this is
just the beginning."
The National Union MK explained that Sharon "needed to transform those
[he] once called 'pioneers' into enemies of the state in order to
implement his controversial plan.
Earlier in the day, Eldad spoke at a conference protesting the
scheduled retreat.
He warned of an escalation in efforts to demonize the settlers in
order to create an atmosphere where it will be acceptable for soldiers
to open fire on those refusing to be evacuated.
Eldad believes that on the day the disengagement gets underway, the
security forces will stage an explosion or other false attack
supposedly targeting them in order to justify using force against the
Jewish settlers.
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