Yoel Adler
Yoel Adler was a 46-year-old Israeli right-wing extremist in the summer of 1990 when he was arrested on 26 June 1990 by Israeli police on suspicion that he was the individual behind a series of vandalism incidents on Palestinians and left-wing Israelis committed since January 1989, and of the killing of an Arab. He was suspected of being the leader of a shadowy group, the Sicarii, named for the Sicarii, a group of Jewish zealots who opposed Roman occupation of Judea, and stabbed people that collaborated with the Romans.[1][2]
It is not clear how many, if any, "Sicarii" there were; police do not think the number can have exceeded 3 or 4.[3] "They don't know anything," a Tel Aviv Police spokesman said. "They don't know if it's a small gang, or a huge group, or just one person."[2] They are thought to have been responsible for, or part of a group that was responsible for, a number of arson and graffiti attacks on leftist Jewish political figures considered sympathetic to the Palestinian cause. He was arrested on suspicion that he was responsible for an April 10, 1989 shooting at the Jaffa Gate in which one Arab was killed and several injured.[2][1] These incidents include the 1989 Jaffa Gate spree shooting, fires set at apartments owned by left-wing journalists, politicians and entertainers, as well as the torching of cars owned by left-wing public figures; setting off a bomb near the home of a surgeon who had transplanted the heart of an IDF soldier into an East Jerusalem Arab; and the uprooting of trees along the Avenue of Righteous Gentiles at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial.[3]
Adler was affiliated with right-wing groups[4] including Tehiya, and the Temple Mount Faithful.[5][1] He was expelled from Tehiya in 1986, according to Tehiya leader Prof. Yuval Ne'eman, although he is known to have attended Tehiya events after that date.[3] Investigators suspected that he may also have belonged to Kach.[3]
Adler, who had suffered from shell shock in the 1973 war, was briefly hospitalized for suffering a "nervous breakdown" following his arrest and police interrogation.[1][6]
Adler was released on bail on 29 June 1990 after police failed to find evidence against him. Adler accused newspapers of character assassination, saying "Whoever did the Sicarii acts should be put in jail," he said. "But I am innocent. Nothing in the newspapers is right." [7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kampeas, Ron (4 July 1990). "SUSPECTED SICARII LEADER ADMITTED TO MENTAL HOSPITAL". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Roseberg, Carol (April 28, 1989). "Underground group targets Jewish leftists". The Globe and Mail. p. A8.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Darfner, Larry (28 June 1990). "SICARII SUSPECT CALLED 'NUT' WHO DISRUPTED MEETINGS". Jeruslaem Post. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ↑ Cowell, Alan (27 February 1988). "For Israeli Settlers, Resolve To Stay Means 'This is War'". New York Times. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ↑ Izenberg, Dan (24 April 1989). "TIGHT SECURITY FOR VISIT BY TEMPLE MT. FAITHFUL". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ↑ "Adler to Leave Hospital". Jerusalem Post. 27 July 1990. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ↑ Kreimerman, Jessica (29 June 1990). "SICARII SUSPECT RELEASED ON BAIL, CLAIMS INNOCENCE". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
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