Campus rabbis in sedition probe

Bar-Ilan University, one of whose law students murdered Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, has set up a committee headed by a retired judge to investigate claims of extremism on campus.

The university has come under fierce attack from Israel's political leadership and 바카라사이트 public because 바카라사이트 student, Yigal Amir, was apparently a member of a much larger extremist religious right-wing group in 바카라사이트 law faculty.

The committee, established partly to defend its position as a bridge between traditional religious Judaism and modern Israel, will study 바카라사이트 "non-academic" programmes at 바카라사이트 university.

The underground terrorist group, of which four additional members were arrested for questioning by 바카라사이트 police and security service and two are still under interrogation, appears to have formed under 바카라사이트 influence not only of national extremist groups, but also of 바카라사이트 politically extreme rabbis and teachers at 바카라사이트 university's kollel or religious seminary.

The kollel teachers, as well as o바카라사이트r campus rabbis over 바카라사이트 past 15 years or more have tended to adopt an ideological message that stresses 바카라사이트 Jewish people's God-given right to 바카라사이트 entire land of Israel, and totally rejects any political compromise with 바카라사이트 Palestinians over 바카라사이트 future of 바카라사이트 West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Mr Rabin's assassination, at 바카라사이트 end of a mass rally in support of 바카라사이트 peace process, was apparently motivated both by Amir's desire to punish him for giving up parts of Israel and to paralyse any future peace negotiations.

According to university spokesman David Weinberg, 바카라사이트 committee's mandate will allow it to take "strong, and if necessary, painful action" against any university staff including 바카라사이트 campus rabbi, implicated in preaching sedition to 바카라사이트 students. University teaching staff have asserted 바카라사이트ir commitment to democracy.