           In the traditions of Rabbi Meir Kahane, z"l
                      by Gershon Ben Shabtai
                          May 18, 1992
                 Who really murdered David Cohen?

       David Cohen, z"tl, H"yd, was a sixty-four year old father of fourteen, who lived on a
Moshav near the city of Netivot on the Gaza Strip.  On Sunday, May 17, he entered the Jabalya
refugee camp, not far from his home, to transact business there as he had done many times before. 
On his way out he was stopped and murdered by local Arab residents who shot him three times in
the head. 
       A high ranking IDF military official who was interviewed on Israel Television stated
that it is against the law for a Jew to go alone into densely populated Arab areas.
       Of course!  David Cohen broke the law and therefore suffered the consequences of HIS
crime.  Perhaps we should sit calmly and wait until it becomes "against the law" to pray at the
kotel, or to shop on Dizengof street in Tel Aviv!!
       It is an outrage for any official of the Jewish State to say that a Jew is forbidden to walk
anywhere in his country.  There are, indeed, places where it is dangerous for a Jew to be.  But the
solution to that problem is not to forbid Jews from going there!  The solution is to make those
places safe for Jews to be.
       There is no need to go to Washington or Moscow to discuss Arab autonomy in Israel. 
It already exists!  There already exist virtually autonomous Arab areas within the Jewish State
where Jews do not go, and in which Jewish soldiers dare not search.  These charming hamlets are
veritable vipers dens where all kinds of firearms are stored and preparations are made for armed
revolution.  The murder of David Cohen was but one "practice exercise" by "palestinian freedom
fighters" in training.
       It is the obligation of our government to, first and foremost, protect Jewish lives.  It is
insane to have Arab refugee camps in a Jewish State.  They must all be dismantled and their
inhabitants removed to an Arab country.  It is enough for us to care for Jewish refugees.  We are
prepared to care for all Jewish refugees from all over the world.  Arab refugees have no place in
the Jewish State.  Let the United Nations worry about how they are treated in Jordan or Lebanon--
not here.                          Let it be declared, loud and clear, there is only one people with the right to self-government in the Land of Israel, the Jewish People.
       While our government sits on its hands, our Arab enemies continue to murder Jewish
civilians here.  We go to "peace" conferences all over the world and the strongest statement we can
think to make is that "exiled palestinians" are not acceptable as partners in peace talks!  
       THERE ARE NO PALESTINIANS!  We can certainly talk with anyone who wishes to
talk to us.  But first let us clean house.  Let those who choose to call themselves "Palestinians",
who wish or who don't wish to talk with us, all be exiled.  Then we can talk with them all they
want.  Indeed, we should agree to talk with ONLY  exiled "palestinians".  Maybe we can help
them to find a home in the United States?
       It is high time for the Jewish government to put an end to the very real "Palestine" that
it has neglected to weed out of our midst and which threatens to choke us if we allow it to continue
to exist here.  How many more David Cohens need we sacrifice to the false god of "peace"?