Professors for a Strong Israel
Statement to the Press - 7 May 2007
Re: Another protection racket?
Professors for a Strong Israel warns against a new "protection racket" being set up between the extreme Left and Ehud Olmert. Ariel Sharon was protected "like a citron in silk" by the Leftist press as long as the Gaza expulsion was progressing. Now Olmert is to adopt policies demanded by the extreme Left — including the expulsion of more Jews from their homes — in return for protection from the long arm of the law and from the threat of new elections. This is the only way to understand the speech by writer Meir Shalev at the mass demonstration on 3 May; the statements made by the head of Peace Now in a Ynet interview on 4 May; and statements by writer A. B. Yehoshua in an interview on Kol Israel on 6 May.
This is a serious matter. It is extremely dangerous to permit fateful decisions to be made by the government under the influence of political blackmail.
Professors for a Strong Israel calls on the Attorney General to continue enforcing the law and to continue his investigations of Ehud Olmert. He must not join the protection racket, Olmert must not become the new "citron."
Professors for a Strong Israel
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