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Much of this — including the
fact that Avraham Shalom or-
dered the killing — was known
from the 1986 inquiries. Then, Mr.
Yatom was identified only by his
initial. What is new is the first-
person narrative, the mode of ex-
ecution and Mr. Yatom's
persistent lack of remorse.
As his recent retirement ap-
proached, Mr. Yatom applied for
a high-school principal's post, but
was turned down. He is scheduled
to head a firm that locates stolen
cars and to be nominated to the
board of a state-owned oil refin-
ery. Why he went public now,
against all the secretive traditions
of his service, is best left to arm-
chair psychologists.
The embarrassment, however,
does not end there. Ehud Yatom
is a brother of Major-General Dan-
ny Yatom, the recently-appoint-
ed head of the Mossad, Israel's
external security service. As a
young soldier 30 years ago, Ehud
served in the elite Sayeret Matkal
commandos alongside Binyamin
Netanyahu. He and the future
prime minister were singled out
as the unit's most promising offi=
cer cadets.
The current Shin Bet chief, Ami
Ayalon, appointed from outside
earlier this year after command-
ing the Israeli navy, has ordered
an investigation. He wants to
know how Mr. Yatom gave this
unauthorized interview.
Mr. Netanyahu is reported to
have told Mr. Ayalon that he
wants the affair "removed from
the public agenda" Labor, still led
by Mr. Peres, would be happy to
go along with that. But the
chances of hushing up the revived
scandal seem remote.
The left-wing Meretz opposi-
tion party is demanding that the
case be reopened. Its leader, for-
mer Environment Minister Yos-
si Sarid, condemned Ehud Yatom
as "the vermin of Israeli society,
the rotten fruit of a military men-
tality which gives Israel's strug-
gle for self-defense a bad name.
Anyone who did not understand
at the time why the pardon
granted to Yatom and his col-
leagues was wrong can under-
stand now."
And this week Naji Abu-Tama,
a brother of one of the victims,
threatened to seek redress in the
courts. 'The murder," he told the
daily Ha'aretz, "violates the prin-
ciples of morality, religion and law.
We will demand compensation for
damage caused to us by this pre-
meditated murder, which was
done in cold blood."
A sister, Hanan Abu-Jama,
went further. Yatom, she said,
should be taken to Gaza and exe-
cuted.
But it's Attorney-General
Michael Ben-Yair who will decide
what course to take. For now, he's
considering whether to prosecute
Mr. Yatom for giving an interview
without permission while still on
the government payroll. ❑