IMW Lada'at protest "Lack of evidence" claim about Tv journalist Oren for the staged fake ceremony by GSS agent Raviv

Israel's Media Watch
protests "Lack of Evidence" claim -
Police file closed against television journalist Eitan Oren,
for the staged fake "swearing-in" ceremony
by GSS-agent provocateur Avishai Raviv

GSS-agent provocateur Avishai Raviv -
No rest for the traitor [ with the picture of late PM Rabin za"l ].
[Courtesy Yediot Hacharonot]

Israel's Media Watch received a letter recently from the State Prosecutor's Office announcing the closing of the police file against television journalist Eitan Oren, "for lack of evidence." Oren had been investigated for his report on the staged fake "swearing-in" ceremony by GSS-agent provocateur Avishai Raviv. Raviv represented a fictitious and illegal terror organization named Eyal. The filming was widely believed to have been part of a GSS "smear campaign" against the right-wing in the months preceding the assassination of Rabin (za"l).

Media Watch protested the decision to close the file. An announcement by the organization stated that the Prosecutor's claim of "lack of evidence" was apparently not accepted by some important public figures. Media Watch brought the following examples:

* The members of the Shamgar Commission, headed by Supreme Court Chief Justice Meir Shamgar, which investigated the Rabin assassination and concluded that "Raviv had [longstanding] ties with the media in order to present Eyal as an existing body, and he received the help of the television via its broadcasting of the swearing-in ceremony, which was nothing more than a show, as anyone who was there must have been witness."

* Former Atty.-Gen. Michael Ben-Ya'ir, told Ma'ariv newspaper on Sep. 4, 1998: "After it was made clear that this was a staged report, I felt that Raviv must be indicted, and Eitan Oren must be made to stand at least a disciplinary trial. I said this in closed sessions, and I was very much in favor of an indictment."

* Gen. (res.) Ami Ayalon, head of the GSS, was quoted during a security cabinet meeting on Oct. 4, 1998 as follows: "It was reported to [Prime Minister Rabin] that Eyal was basically controlled by our own people... The Prime Minister's Office asked the GSS what was this [swearing-in ceremony] that was on television. They were told that the whole thing was a fabrication - a double fabrication, also by the television."

Media Watch asked that the case against television reporter Eitan Oren be re-opened, since there is "clearly no lack of evidence."

The staged fake "swearing-in" ceremony by GSS-agent provocateur Avishai Raviv,
and TV journalist Eytan Oren. [Courtesy Makor Rishon]

GSS-agent provocateur Avishai Raviv, training younsters [Courtesy Makor Rishon]

GSS-agent provocateur Avishai Raviv provocation at the tomb of Baruch Goldstein, [Courtesy HaTsofe]

IMW is a registered non-profit organization whose major aim is assuring the ethical and fair conduct of the Israeli media.