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Israeli Prime Minister reports cabbalist curse to police
Israeli police are investigating a right-wing Jewish extremist, Rabbi Yossi Dayan, after he threatened to kill the Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon. The radical Jewish cleric is a Master of the occult, and claims to have the power to kill people with a curse.
The Rabbi's black-magic comes from the Kabala, a Jewish tradition practiced by elite Jewish priests and some secret societies. The Wisdom of the Kabala is learned in modern Freemasonry, and is believed to have influenced the Knights Templar.
Rabbi Dayan believes that he killed former Israeli prime minister, Yitzhak Rabin. Mr Dayan put a "curse" on Mr Rabin, who was assassinated soon afterwards.
No wonder the Prime Minister is worried!
SOURCE
The Australian, "Police check 'curse' on Sharon", 16 September 2004.
[ http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,10777673%255E2703,00.html ]
ISRAELI police have begun investigating several death threats made against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in recent days over his plan to evacuate Jewish settlements from the Gaza Strip.
The police have also asked an Israeli television network for a transcript of an interview with extremist rabbi Yossi Dayan, who said he was willing to conduct a medieval ceremony to put a fatal curse on Mr Sharon.
Jerusalem police chief Ilan Franco said yesterday the death threats had been phoned into the newly established Disengagement Directorate, which deals with the administrative side of the evacuation of the 8000 Gaza settlers. He said high priority was being given to tracking down the callers.
Authorities are concerned that as the planned evacuation moves closer to reality some time next year, extremist right-wing elements will try to torpedo it by violent action.
Indicative of the passions that are beginning to roil were Rabbi Dayan's comments during the television interview. He said he had invoked the cabbalistic pulsa dinura curse against then prime minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995 shortly before he was assassinated by a Jewish extremist.
He said he would be willing to do the same to Mr Sharon. The curse is pronounced during a ceremony involving black candles and chanting.
Noting that the head of Israel's Shin Bet security service had estimated that some 200 persons in Israel would like to see Mr Sharon dead, Rabbi Dayan said: "I am one of them. Am I forbidden to wish?"
Police have launched an investigation into whether Rabbi Dayan can be charged with incitement to murder. He is a former member of the Kach Party, which is outlawed in Israel because of its racist, anti-Arab platform.
With Rabin's assassination still resonant, security officials are alert to any indication of prospective violence by fringe elements. Even the placards at a right-wing demonstration in Jerusalem on Sunday were photographed by police and passed on to the state prosecutor's office to examine for possible incitement.
Security has also been tightened around Jerusalem's Temple Mount for fear Jewish extremists might attempt to attack al-Aqsa Mosque, the third-holiest site in Islam.
The mainstream leadership of the settlers' movement, the Council of Jewish Settlements, has been firm in its advocacy of peaceful protest.
"We will defeat this (Gaza evacuation) plan only if we conduct a determined and non-violent struggle," it said.
"The Insider" mailing list article, 16 September 2004.
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