tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post3837653738967520202..comments2024-03-28T17:30:22.269+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Whose freedom is more valuable - a loved Israeli prime minister or his murderer?Helshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-74709229096070127192016-05-02T00:57:44.385+10:002016-05-02T00:57:44.385+10:00many thanks.
I am always afraid biographers get s...many thanks.<br /><br />I am always afraid biographers get so close to their subjects that they become less historian and more apologist. But Karpin made it clear that Amir dedicated himself single mindedly for two years to the slaughter of the prime minister, from Sept 1993 (signing of the Oslo Agreement) until Nov 1995 (murder of Rabin). Yigal Amir was obsessed with "his task", day and night for 2+ years!Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-20170256620120533292016-05-01T00:27:08.900+10:002016-05-01T00:27:08.900+10:00A dramatic tale of treachery and betrayal, "M...A dramatic tale of treachery and betrayal, "Murder in the Name of God" investigates and recreates the historic events of November 1995. On that night a 25 year old student named Yigal Amir assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, an act that abruptly changed the course of Israeli politics. Based on exhaustive research, including an exclusive interview with the assassin, this is the first book to give the full story of the people whose words and actions made Rabin's assassination inevitable: the nationalist rabbis who condemned Rabin by invoking an arcane Talmudic ruling; the militant settlers and right-wing politicians who launched a sophisticated campaign of incitement against him; and the security experts who saw what was coming but failed to act. In a series of shocking revelations, the book ranges beyond Israel to expose the extent of American support, financial and ideological, for the movement that produced Rabin's killer.<br /><br />Michael Karpin and Ina Friedman<br />"Murder in the Name of God", 1998<br />Amazonhttp://www.amazon.com/Murder-Name-God-Yitzhak-Rabin/dp/0805057498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-6179610797446018302015-09-06T01:38:45.638+10:002015-09-06T01:38:45.638+10:00Big Story
hmmm perhaps the film was not seen as a...Big Story<br /><br />hmmm perhaps the film was not seen as a non-judgmental portrait by most of the film festival goers. Naturally Trembovler was not in any way implicated in the murder, but why didn't the director confront her over her husband's hideous crime?Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-68171649845352096402015-09-05T11:54:37.509+10:002015-09-05T11:54:37.509+10:00The film paints a non-judgmental portrait of the f...The film paints a non-judgmental portrait of the family, never directly confronting Trembovler over what her husband did, even as she talks of him as a hero. <br /><br />The film shies away from interrogative questions for Amir's wife's — Kravchenko said she never discussed Amir's actions with her. Instead, the camera follows Trembovler as she lugs groceries up a staircase alone, sends her son off to school, and drives to the desert prison where her husband is kept in a one-man cell.<br /><br />She talks about falling in love with Amir, calling him an "idealist" who "sacrificed himself" for the sake of others. She speaks of her concerns about the impact of her marriage on her children from her first husband and whether it was wise to bring into the world a son who must carry the burden of his imprisoned father.The Big Storyhttp://bigstory.ap.org/article/24053d70f09748c19ef0d9cd1a491421/film-sparks-scandal-look-family-israeli-assassinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-80455033802480806842015-08-30T01:08:10.797+10:002015-08-30T01:08:10.797+10:00Andrew
this is a vexed question. I too have not s...Andrew<br /><br />this is a vexed question. I too have not seen the film Beyond the Fear, and I assume Bernard Dichek (The Jerusalem Report 10th Aug 2015) was simply reflecting the view of many people in criticising the state’s Culture Minister. She had protested (but not banned) the showing of the film at this year’s Jerusalem Film Festival. <br /><br />My view is not that there should be censorship or defunding of the Film Festival. Rather that I believe the rights of film makers to make controversial or even horrid films should be protected, only AFTER public figures are guaranteed protection from assassins. I would say exactly the same about Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden, who was assassinated in Feb 1986. Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-82394612064028391982015-08-30T00:57:17.201+10:002015-08-30T00:57:17.201+10:00Parnassus
the original prosecution was conducted ...Parnassus<br /><br />the original prosecution was conducted appropriately, I believe, and the outcome was also appropriate. But what went so wrongly 15 years later? Had the justice system partially forgiven Amir for being a murdering terrorist who stalked Rabin at at least 3 huge peace rallies before he succeeded?<br /><br />Another question that I didn't address in the original post. Knowing that right wing haters were looking to assassinate the peace-seeking prime minister, how did Rabin's security fail so dismally?Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-52236560491654653902015-08-30T00:51:20.687+10:002015-08-30T00:51:20.687+10:00Deb
you and hundreds of thousands of mourners sto...Deb<br /><br />you and hundreds of thousands of mourners stopped what they were doing for two minutes of silence. In addition, President Clinton, Prime Minister Paul Keating and hundreds of world leaders paid their respect at the grave site.<br /><br />Apparently God did actually speak to the assassin Amir. CNN World News (November 5, 1995) said Amir told police that he was satisfied, that he had no regrets and was acting on the orders of God.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-47479289797228520602015-08-29T21:40:56.195+10:002015-08-29T21:40:56.195+10:00Tricky. I speak as an outsider and from basic inst...Tricky. I speak as an outsider and from basic instinct. Your first two paragraphs were as I remembered the events well enough, yet I totally forgot Rabin was assassinated. Women, even men, falling in love with bad boys in prison is not unknown. Amir should of course rot in an very uncomfortable gaol with few privileges, along with others who murder in cold blood. Without seeing the film or the context, I do really believe in the right of film makers to make films and however controversial, for them to available to the great unwashed. Take David Irving. I think he should have been allowed to visit Australia and put to the grill by our media and thoroughly and directly exposed to Australians for what he is. The archetypical Aussie bloke would have regarded him as a lying tosser.<br /><br />I hope I have taken anything you wrote out of context. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-62704846793479950212015-08-29T20:30:53.813+10:002015-08-29T20:30:53.813+10:00Hello Hels, I'm with you here. I'm dismay...Hello Hels, I'm with you here. I'm dismayed when criminal prosecution goes topsy-turvy, blaming the victims and fighting for the 'rights' of the miscreants.<br />--JimParnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-29642764035899664102015-08-29T11:30:42.823+10:002015-08-29T11:30:42.823+10:00My heart was broken when Mr Rabin died. God did no...My heart was broken when Mr Rabin died. God did not speak to Amir.Debnoreply@blogger.com