Carmi Gillon flees Denmark
Carmi Gillon, former Head of the Shin Bet (internal security agency) and Ambassador to Denmark, returned to Israel on Saturday from Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark.
The move came after a pro-Palestinian group demanded that the Danish police issue a warrant against Gillon over his involvement in liquidating terrorists in Israel.
Gillon had been invited to the Jewish film festival in Copenhagen for a screening of the 2012 Oscar-nominated documentary film 'The Gatekeepers,' which he appears in. After the screening the former Shin Bet head gave a speech.
The film raised mixed reactions as critics called it "politicized and rabidly leftist," arguing the movie was a poor attempt to identify with the enemy and encouraged anti-Zionism by vilifying nationalist Jews. Dror Moreh, the Israeli director of the film, said last January that Jews in the US "like Israel too much."
After hearing about the complaint filed with the police Gillon, who joined the left-wing Kadima party in 2006 and blamed rabbis for being behind 'price tag' vandalism, decided to leave Copenhagen immediately.Gillon would be wise to stay in Israel as much as possible. There are people who are still out to get him. There's not a lot of love lost over him on Israel's Right either, but at least he's safe here.
Labels: Carmi Gillon, Denmark, International Criminal Court, Palestinians, Shin Bet
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 12:30 AM
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