Al-Ahram piece, “From tragedy to useful propaganda”:
Netanyahu is already telling European and American diplomats who are pressing Israel to be more forthcoming with regards to the peace process that “we are not in a mood to discuss chronic political issues as we are burying our children who were butchered by the Arabs.”
Haaretz, “Barak gets death threat over West Bank settlement freeze” is a related theme, threats from right-wing extremists:
“If you think of destroying the settlements, you are mistaken, and I will kill you,” read part of the letter, which has been transferred to the Shin Bet Security Service for investigation, according to Channel 10. “I will harm you or your children, be careful,” the letter continued. “If not now, then when you are no longer a minister and have no security around you.”
Channel 2 news reported last week that security had been increased for Barak due to fears over threats from right-wing extremists. The threats to Barak come after similar threats were made against Police Commissioner David Cohen…. “You have been marked for death,” said a letter sent to Cohen. “Your day of judgment is near.”
… Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin last week said that extremists will try to sow chaos in order to prevent the settlement freeze from being enforced. He cited the recent arson attack on a mosque in the Palestinian village of Yasuf as an example of the type of provocations the settlers would resort to, in order to interfere with security forces’ activities.
