On both sides of the fence - the leaders and the public. The police, it is suspected, failed to inform the prosecution of faked recordings which had been intended to incriminate Ofer Nimrodi. The police, it seems, do quite a bit more than they are allowed to do to create a criminal file. Even the incarceration of a human being for almost a year prior to his trial is a scandal that crushes human spirit, and which displays a use of force which should scare each and every one of us, lest we be its next victim. Violence is eroding the basis of Israeli democracy, said Yitzhak Rabin at the square, minutes before his assassination.
Violence erodes our very lives here, our development, our prosperity.
And if we do not demand and receive leadership and education capable of warding off this violence, it will not be long before we self-destruct. Israel Launch your virtual tour. See the articles you read most frequently during the last three months. Support Israel's Soldiers The Fund for Strengthening Israel's Defense. Specials Looking Back Browse past front pages of The Post.