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Elisheva Federman standing with her children outside Jerusalem Magistrate's Court in January 2005. (Archives)
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Wife of right-wing activist charged with racist incitement
By Nir Hasson, Haaretz Correspondent

Elisheva Federman, the wife of extreme right-wing activist Noam Federman, was indicted Sunday for incitement to racism.

The Jerusalem District Attorney based the indictment presented to the city's Magistrate's Court on remarks made by Federman, a resident of the West Bank city of Hebron.

The remarks were recorded on two occasions - first, by Haim Yavin in the documentary film series "Land of the Settlers," and later by a Channel 10 team in a story on Purim celebrations in Hebron, which was never aired.

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To Yavin, Federman said, "We are talking about people who are subhuman... there is nothing to be done except for throwing them out of here, and not to Jordan, but far, because if they're in Jordan they will try to return. As far as possible."

"I say in the best circumstances we need to expel them... If they don't leave? We'll kill them... They're enemies. We have to fight them. If they don't leave, we'll start bombing them. That's the only thing that will help... We don't need to put on airs. We're in a war. A la guerre, comme la guerre - we must act as if we're in a war," she said.

"The entire Arab street supports the suicide bomber... everyone is complicit in such an act. We can give them an ultimatum to leave here with their possessions intact, and if not, we'll simply send... planes and bomb them and hold on to our land," she added.

In remarks made off the record, Federman said, "Whoever wants to remain alive should leave, and whoever doesn't will be killed. There is no choice."

In conversation with a Channel 10 reporter, Federman praised Baruch Goldstein, a West Bank settler who opened fire on Muslim worshippers at Hebron's Tomb of the Patriarchs in 1994 before being beaten to death.

"The 39 Arabs Goldstein killed is a drop in the bucket compared to what needs to be done. There needs to be a real war. We need to conquer this land once and for all," she said.

Federman is charged with one count of incitement to racism and two counts of attempting to spread incitement.

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  1.   I know the "lady" pretty well 18:23  |  Khalid 29/10/06
  2.   Wife of right-wing activist charged with racist incitement 18:26  |  David Ghedini 29/10/06
  3.   Y`sher Koach Elisheva 18:34  |  Choni 29/10/06
  4.   THEY CAN CHARGE HER ALL DAY LONG, BUT SHE IS RIGHT 18:54  |  Like it is 29/10/06
  5.   fascism 18:58  |  Yossi 29/10/06
  6.   David ghedini 19:07  |  A.M. 29/10/06
  7.   Indictment 19:09  |  Rabbi Yakov Lazaros 29/10/06
  8.   choni 19:12  |  A.M. 29/10/06
  9.   Choni 19:14  |  Peter Dale 29/10/06
  10.   Send the Justice, prosecutors,etc to Mecca 19:15  |  Sal 29/10/06
  11.   Charged? 19:17  |  Jacob 29/10/06
  12.   #4 19:18  |  woodlawn 29/10/06
  13.   She does not reflect all of us 19:42  |  Amy B 29/10/06
  14.   turn on any arab network show 19:45  |  vik 29/10/06
  15.   Finally a Queen! But where is the King! 19:46  |  Alan 29/10/06
  16.   oxymoron 19:50  |  Michael 29/10/06
  17.   Does represent ultra-Orthodox Jews 19:58  |  Daniel 29/10/06
  18.   #12 20:01  |  From the Moon 29/10/06
  19.   Lessons from the Holocaust 20:03  |  Jamie Menahem 29/10/06
  20.   Lessons from the Holocaust 20:07  |  Jamie Menahem 29/10/06
  21.   todays extremist is tomorows freedom fighter 20:08  |  jon 29/10/06
  22.   Have you noticed, Haaretz never says "left-wing extremist"... 20:20  |  Ohev Tsion 29/10/06
  23.   No one is going to be around for long or for ever 20:40  |  Farooq 29/10/06
  24.   Atrocious... but counteractions exemplary! 20:47  |  Irrelevant 29/10/06
  25.   Typical Settler mentality 20:49  |  Lebanese admirer 29/10/06
  26.   Freedom of Speech in Israel 20:54  |  Polybios 29/10/06
  27.   THANK YOU FOR MAKING ME AWARE OF HER OPINION... 20:55  |  Israeli Jew 29/10/06
  28.   The Kenneset does not rule the world 22 20:55  |  Lebanese admirer 29/10/06
  29.   Daniel (17) on the haredim 21:07  |  sk 29/10/06
  30.   She`s right and thousands support her 21:09  |  moish 29/10/06
  31.   Jail the "judges", exterminate terrorists! 21:16  |  Avi Noah 29/10/06
  32.   Thousands like her? 21:17  |  Lebanese admirer 29/10/06
  33.   WHEN Are the Pals going to charge anyone with racist Incitement 21:27  |  PETER SM 29/10/06
  34.   What racism??? 21:27  |  Israeli 29/10/06
  35.   if you think in this way then you shouldn`t be alive 21:28  |  end the occupation 29/10/06
  36.   She is a total garbage 21:33  |  Gaza Boy 29/10/06
  37.   Choni, Moish,etc. 21:37  |  Sarah 29/10/06
  38.   to # 30 21:47  |  F.Y 29/10/06
  39.   To Polybios #26 22:14  |  Serenity 29/10/06
  40.   The Israeli justice did well 22:14  |  Hastaroth 29/10/06
  41.   To Sarah #37 22:18  |  Serenity 29/10/06
  42.   Shameful 22:30  |  Omar 29/10/06
  43.   She should be given a medal 22:34  |  BH 29/10/06
  44.   Every country has its extremists and weirdos 22:40  |  Jasmine Murphy 29/10/06
  45.   35 you are as bad as she is 22:41  |  Jasmine Murphy 29/10/06
  46.   Collective Punishment 22:51  |  mazeartist 29/10/06
  47.   Ha`Aretz Davka on this you censor me 22:53  |  Ari ben Yisrael 29/10/06
  48.   #40 Hastaroth 22:57  |  Boycott 29/10/06
  49.   to Hastaroth 22:58  |  Israeli 29/10/06
  50.   #39 Serenity 22:59  |  Hastaroth 29/10/06
  51.   #7 Yakov Lazaros 23:02  |  Boycott 29/10/06
  52.   Yes, AmyB, you are right 23:08  |  TOMY 29/10/06
  53.   everybody read #40 and learn 23:10  |  Eytan 29/10/06
  54.   Freedom of Speech is needed in Israel 23:15  |  Mordechai 29/10/06
  55.   something perhaps forgotten 23:15  |  Mendel the Mean 29/10/06
  56.   21 out of 43 23:21  |  Colin Wright 29/10/06
  57.   And they offer Lieberman a job... 23:49  |  John 29/10/06
  58.   32. "Thousands like her?" 23:54  |  filth 29/10/06
  59.   What racism?#34 00:08  |  sal 30/10/06
  60.   Keep crucifying your own, you`ll lose faster that way. 00:30  |  BQ627 30/10/06
  61.   Remember: Zealotry brings disaster 00:38  |  Fairplay 30/10/06
  62.   To Target Children, Old, And Unarmed Is Not Sub-Human? 01:02  |  Yanatan 30/10/06
  63.   PEOPLE ARE FINALY TALIKING ABOUT ISLAMIC OCCUPATION 01:06  |  from here on 30/10/06
  64.   thanks to #40 and #61 01:10  |  rankin mike 30/10/06
  65.   Indicted for racism. So what? 01:37  |  Marlene 30/10/06
  66.   #25 Hebron is JEWISH 01:49  |  * BEN JABO 30/10/06
  67.   Khalid#1:Reverse Racism 02:17  |  Kapule David Mabuta 30/10/06
  68.   to Jasmine Murphy #44 02:23  |  zeev 30/10/06
  69.   to BEN JABO #66 02:52  |  zeev 30/10/06
  70.   #68, zeev 06:43  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 30/10/06
  71.   To Jasmine Murphy 10:48  |  John 30/10/06
  72.   Despicable Jewish fascist 20:15  |  Noam 30/10/06
  73.   to C. J.Kohn #70 - 2nd try 21:27  |  zeev 30/10/06
  74.   #72 - Noam 01:22  |  * BEN JABO 31/10/06
  75.   #63 - Saudi love of fellow Muslims 02:37  |  * BEN JABO 31/10/06
  76.   #65 - Marlene & Racism 14:30  |  * BEN JABO 31/10/06
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