Professors for a Strong Israel

Statement to the Press - 25 December 2002


Re: Whose disgrace? (II)

Professors for a Strong Israel deplores the police raid on the Arutz 7 ship. This raid was nothing but a crude attempt to silence those who express clearly their opposition to a Palestinian state west of the Jordan. We call on the Prime Minister and the Ministers of Communications and of Internal Security to condemn this action and thus to allow the continued democratic protest against the perverted proposal that was born with Oslo and continues its sorry life after adoption by Mr. Sharon.

We regret that even the Likud government has not enacted a law that would protect Arutz 7 from persecution by the police. As long as the state media continue to act as mouthpieces for the continued Oslo disaster and for a Palestinian state in the heart of the country, it is essential to allow free speech, Zionist speech.

We regard the continual attacks on Arutz 7 as a continuation of the war waged by the Oslo establishment against anyone who has resisted its foolish demarche. They are also a disgraceful attack on freedom of expression and freedom of the press, and thus an attack on democratic rule.

Dr. Ron Breiman, Chairman of PSI
Tel: 050-518 940