- My new lecture, The Secret War Against The Settlers,
played well last week in four Yesha villages.
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- I begin the lecture by presenting two blown-up, laminated
photos of the suspicious circumstances surrounding last month's death of
Raphael "Raful" Eitan. For those unfamiliar with the issue, have
a look first at my website:
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- www.barrychamish.com
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- Then read an overview at:
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- http://web.israelinsider.com/Views/4467.htm
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- The photos I show at the lectures are wider and
more revealing than the one on my site, which was scrunched by scanner
restrictions. They reveal:
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- Photo one - Raful's Volkswagen parked parallel to the
edge of a pier in Ashdod harbor. The car is smashed on all sides but nowhere
moreso than on the roof above the front passenger seat. There, it is certain
that something very heavy fell on it. Some have speculated that a heavy
block or other port-building equipment caused the damage. The official
inquiry lead by Ashdod Port manager Shaul Rotem, which lasted at best a
few hours, concluded that a giant wave smashed the vehicle and swept Raful
into the water where he drowned. The problem is the vista reveals a quiet
port protected by distant breakwaters where the biggest waves are barely
ripples.
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- Photo Two - Raful's body on a pier at the Navy base 1.5
km. distance from the car. This is the exposed part of the harbor yet no
wave comes close to topping the pier. Both photos had to have been taken
shortly after the body was recovered at 9 AM since resuscitation efforts
are in process.
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- It was at the lecture in El-Kanah before a full
house that I had a surprise visitor; the General Manager of the Israel
Ports Authority, Gideon Shamir. A high level debate ensued.
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- Mr. Shamir, a well-spoken gentleman in his late
fifties stood up, introduced himself and asked to examine the photos for
two minutes. He added that he had been on the scene later that morning
and had seen Raful's car. The crowd was silent as he examined the evidence
and I was tense, not knowing if my conclusions would be borne out or not.
He had the advantage by his respected position.
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- After the two minutes passed, Mr. Shamir noted
that, "The picture is an illusion. It shows the quiet side of the
harbor. But Raful drove on a breakwater and you don't see that the other
side is exposed to the waves. That's where the killer wave smashed the
car and swept him into the water. Those kinds of waves are rare, but once
a year we get one of them which bypasses the breakwaters and are strong
enough to push a tractor in the water. Raful fell into the quiet side of
the breakwater and probably hit his head, went unconscious and drowned."
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- It looked like I was sunk. My conclusions
were about to be exposed as wrong, or worse, they could be viewed as fraudulent.
So, nervously, I fought back. I showed him the dents on the driver's side
of the car which looked like a very sharp object caused them. I queried,
"You don't believe a wave caused these do you?"
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- Calmly, Mr. Shamir replied, "No, of course
not. But Raful was a terrible driver and got into scrapes all the time.
These were probably there before the wave hit."
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- It was something I hadn't considered. It then
occurred to me; Shamir wasn't hesitating. He had immediate answers ready.
He had prepared for this debate. I was at a much worse disadvantage than
I thought. I had to think fast. I showed him the floor of the road and
said, "The car is smashed. All the windows are shattered. Why aren't
there glass shards and debris next to the car?"
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- He replied, "When I got there, there
was glass everywhere."
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- I'm not even sure if it was a lucky question
or good thinking, but I replied, "So where is it?"
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- Breakthrough. Finally he stumbled.
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- "No, I'm wrong. The floor was clean
when I saw it. The wave would have swept all the shards into the bay."
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- And then some expert help from the audience.
A tall man in his thirties noted, "You have to look at the weight
distribution of the vehicle. A car is like a boat; the motor is the anchor
and the rest of the car would float without it. If a powerful wave hit
it, the car would never have remained parallel parked. As an example, look
at the photos of the Asian tsunami. After it hit, the cars were strewn
at all angles, but none remained parallel parked. Most cars were pushed
by the wave. The only ones which suffered the kind of damage we see in
Raful's car actually fell into the sea."
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- But, he added, if a block or heavy object
had fallen on the roof, we would see paint chipped away and that is not
visible. So I had to be wrong on that point.
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- The debate was evening out. I went in for
the kill. "Mr. Shamir," I asked, "If Raful fell into the
quiet side of the harbor, wouldn't his body have stayed in place"
Then I showed photo 2. "How did it float to the exposed side of the
breakwater? Why was it found over a kilometer away?"
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- Now he got stuck. "It could have been
taken there," he answered.
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- I asked, "Would anyone really do that?"
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- He offered no answer.
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- The confrontation ended and I concluded
the evening by signing books. Then a most telling incident occurred. Gideon
Shamir came up to me and asked, "What was the motive?"
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- end
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- The very next night, 30/01/05, I set up my table at a
huge rally for Gush Katif in Jerusalem. As
- 150,000 Jews sang and danced their homes away, I told
a prominent attorney what happened at El-Kanah. He made a huge offer. If
I got one wave or water engineer to sign an evaluation that a wave would
not have caused the damage to Raful's car, or caused his body to float
1.5 km. distance, he would get the legal ball rolling to get to the truth;
pro bono.
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- An appeal: Are you, or do you know someone qualified
to examine the photos and write an evaluation? I'll send the evidence to
anyone so qualified and willing to voluntarily sign a professional affidavit.
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- More volunteers needed.
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- The Hebrew side of my website is being prepared and we
are short of material. Would anyone care to translate just one of my recent
articles for the site?
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- The Hebrew translation of my new book Shabtai Tzvi, Labor
Zionism And The Holocaust, is about ready. It will need close editing before
it can be published. Is there an editor in the house?
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- Who would be interested in pre-ordering the book to change
the views of their Israeli friends about voluntary "withdrawal?"
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- On March 12, I will be lecturing in San Marino. From
there, a trip to North America is a lot cheaper than from Israel. I have
two synagogues, one in New York, the other in Ohio, which have expressed
serious interest in hosting my appearance. A few more and I can organize
a March tour. All I need are the invitations from you or your shul, church
or group.
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- To hear my 90 minute lecture last May in Denver on the
real "peace" process, just write me at chamish@netvision.net.il
$20 will get you a two CD package. Same price for my video, Who Murdered
Yitzhak Rabin.
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- As usual, you can order my English books; Who Murdered
Yitzhak Rabin, Israel Betrayed, The Last Days of Israel from chamish@netvision.net.il
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- My last offer to donate two books to the library of your
choice if you buy one, led to a modest four taker--uppers. It's still a
really good idea.
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