Min. of Internal Security Ezra: Administrative detention for yelling at
ministers
Aaron Lerner Date: 14 February 2005

Minister of Internal Security Gidon Ezra (Likud) in a live interview this
morning on Israel Radio said that he supports administrative detention for
people, such as Kach activist Itamar Ben-Gvir, who yell at ministers.

Itamar Ben Gvir told Israel Radio that "Israel is a democracy and no one can
stop us from yelling at ministers - that is all we are doing."

Journalist Amnon Abromovitz, revealed last night on Israel Television
Channel Two that the headline making incident in which Minister Netanyahu
was "attacked" was staged for the media.

Abromovitz reported that the entire incident involved two youngsters who
yelled at Netanyahu "you are a bunny, Jewish blood isn't valueless" at the
behest of a reporter. After the performance the reporter sent an SMS
message "great job."

While earlier reports indicated that one of the tires of Netanyahu's vehicle
was punctured as it was parked, Israel Radio reported yesterday that
Netanyahu told the cabinet that the tire was low on air but that he is
convinced someone let the air out of the tire (his driver was in the car at
the time but did not notice anyone near the car).

Cynics note that while Ezra now wants to indefinitely detain Ben-Gvir
without trial for yelling at ministers that he supports releasing
Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis.

A video of Itamar Ben-Gvir's verbal "attack" on Livnat can be found at:

http://video.msn.co.il/video/default.aspx?g=d0ef594e-c0c7-4906-801d-1ae7f8309c19

Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director IMRA (Independent Media Review & Analysis)
(Mail POB 982 Kfar Sava)
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