Police: 'Jewish terrorist' killed 3
By YAAKOV LAPPIN
14/07/2010
Kahane activist says was 'framed by Shin Bet' for Palestinian murders.

An Israeli man was arrested on Tuesday night by Jerusalem police and the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) in his home on suspicion of stabbing a number of Palestinian men to death in the late 1990s, attempting to murder at least five more Palestinians, and being in possession of illegal weapons.

The suspect, Haim Pearlman, of Givat Washington, has been described by security forces as a member of the outlawed Kach movement, and is said to have travelled in far right circles. He is married and has three children.

In 1998 and 1999, security forces allege, Pearlman went on a stabbing spree, killing three Palestinians in the Jerusalem neighborhoods of Mea Sharim and Abu Tor.

He is also suspected of attempting to murder five additional Palestinians in the Jerusalem area.

Pearlman has fiercely denied all of the suspicions against him, and claimed in an interview recorded two days before his arrest and aired
on Channel Two on Wednesday night that he had been framed.

Pearlman's lawyer, Adi Keidar, told the Post on Wednesday, "In the coming days, we will expose the unacceptable and shameful techniques used by the Shin Bet against my client. My client has denied all wrongdoing."

Keidar added that he has been prevented from meeting with Pearlman for the time being.

"In the condition that I was in, I would have confessed to killing Arlozorov," Pealman said during the Channel Two interview. "The Shin Bet gave me money to feed them information six months ago," he added. Pearlman also accused his supposed handlers of encouraging him to commit acts of violence, and urging him to kill Sheikh Raed Saleh, the head of the Islamic Movement's Northern Branch, as part of the attempts to frame him.

The Shin Bet was not immediately available to respond to the allegations.

An associate of Pearlman told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday that the Shin Bet lured Pearlman with cash payments to become an informer, but then cut links with him after realizing that the information he provided was worthless.

The associate added that audio recordings were made by Pearlman of alleged attempts by Shin Bet agents to urge him to kill Salah.

"He was a right-wing activist ten years ago, but since then has left. He couldn't get a teaching permit because of a past arrest during a disturbance related to the disengagement [from Gaza in 2005]," the associate said.

"He was in financial distress, so the Shin Bet exploited him. They gave him hundreds of shekels for meeting with them, and kept in regular touch with them, asking him to provide them with information," the associate added.

The associate said that after realizing the information Pearlman was giving was false, undercover agents were sent to Givat Washington to put up posters advertising a job. When Pearlman contacted the people who advertised the position, he realized they were Shin Bet agents, the associate said.

"They crossed the line, and tried to cause him to commit violent acts. These conversations were recorded by him. When the Shin Bet realized they were being recorded, they framed him, out of revenge," the associate claimed.

The associate claimed to have heard the recordings. "In one tape, an agent is heard saying, let's go to a village in the North... it's not a problem to take out Salah. You open fire on the vehicle... you have to empty out the cartridge... or you can plant a bomb," he said.

"Why was he arrested now, when the cases are more than ten years old?" he said. "There is no doubt this is revenge."

Pearlman appeared before Petah Tikva Magistrate's Court on Wednesday, where his custody was extended by a day, despite attempts by the police representative to court to extend his custody by 15 days.

His next remand hearing will be held on Thursday at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court.

Pearlman was arrested in the past for waving an Israeli flag on Temple Mount, but was acquitted.

He was also arrested for attacking an Arab man during the funeral of the Binyamin and Talia Kahane in 2000, who were shot dead in their vehicle by Palestinian terrorists while driving in the West Bank. Binyamin was the son of Rabbi Meir Kahane.

Let me be clear, this is not the Jewish way.

Murdering random Arabs does nothing to strengthen Israel or the case of the settlers. Just the opposite is true these radical elements from the settler world that speak ill of Druze soldiers and police officer or committee acts of terror must be punished.