problems it has today. A strong leader builds the country, weak leaders like Kadima give it away to the enemy.

The question here is did the shin beit actually persuade him to kill Arabs? If so, what will the court system do with this? Sounds like the case against Yigal Amir. No???

too court,they must be shown that there is a law and a goverment in our country Israel.This country of ours is not the wild west,some people might think soo but its not.These religious luantics are a danger too all the people liveing in Israel.We have law and order and it must be up held.

I assume this is not really true. But if it is true, this would tell the world how Israeli's treat their peaceful protesters - hire a killer to eliminate the problem.

If he were a left winger, would the government have been so diligent?

How could he have pulled off stabbing and killing several Arabs? The whole affair does sound like a frame up. BLOODYTHIRSTY SCOT DALLAS, TEXAS

And eventually, after a week, release because of lack of evidence? I think vindictive.

In fact I've always thought it was only the Arabs who were terrorists, whilst the Isrealis are saints - the chosen people. No I think there is mix up somewhere, the Isrealis are the chosen people, or I dey lie.

First of all, there is no indication that he is a religious zealot. Rather, he is a radical Zionist. Secondly, Israel is the wild west. Where else do you have fist fights erupt in the country's senate? An MK's citizenship revoked by other MK's? Israel often has to move fast to protect itself and does not have time for the niceties found in England or even America.

Very true, & good observation on your part .

As a 30 year old, if he started in 1990, it would have been a 10 year old killer no wonder they never detected him... it is just another Shin bet frame job, as Bibi is preparing to extend the freeze or give up more land.

Nah!!!!. They made a mistake. Of course jews don't have such things among them??!! Who would have ever thought!!! Perhaps his grand parents were those that killed British soldiers in the late 40's!!!

On this one. Come on guys,lets see you defend this guy!!!!! Oh,I forgot Mark The Polak!!! And please don't tell me they missed the article. I'm sure they've read it a 100 times now!!!

it starts with kippa on the head, ends with tefillin around the neck. Remember the last Jewish suiciding hero terrorist,

And all you crazy Y-nuts can do is sit around wringing your hands over a few dead Arabs in the 90s, and who's a terrorist and who is'nt. You people really need to get your priorities in order.

Mr. Peter Enough with the cynicism, yes Jewish terrorist do exist. However their cause is not exactly supported and is actually frowned upon by the Israeli government as you can tell from this article. Where do you think Jews learned these terror tactics? maybe it was in the 1920's when Husseyni and his Palestinian followers were killing women and children and bombing the Jewish population. I am pretty sure it was then that certain Jews began believing that the only way to fight back is to reciprocate the same actions that were conducted against them and give the Palestinians a taste of their own medicine. Still even then the Jewish leadership and the big Jewish organizations and bigger political factions frowned upon these acts and wanted to distance themselves from this kind of activity. Also, I am pretty sure Jews fought with Britain in WW2 while the Palestinians (once again led by Husseyni) fought along side the Germans and even tried bringing concentration camps to Palestine. Stop trying to compare rotten apples to oranges.

One of the best Israeli movies I've seen is Hahesder - "Time of Favor" in English. The most troubling scene involved the tactics used by the security services - perhaps representing the "Jewish section" of the ISA - toward Jewish terror suspects. It wasn't pretty. If Pearlman has tapes, they need to be heard. The murders reportedly took place in the late (not mid) 1990s, when Pearlman would have been an older teenager. That's not to say the accusation isn't credible. I live in DC, where killings by teens aren't unheard of. And we've certainly seen Arab teens kill. Me, I'm withholding judgment.

I know Perlman and his whole family personally. They are all very good people. Haim is one of the sweetest and most gentle people you will ever meet. He is a passionate Jew and and activist for Jewish settlement of the Holy Land. The Shabak is simply terrified of people like him who have Torah based views and actually want to see them implemented. They have harassed him for years trying to get him to set up his friends by provoking them to commit violent acts and he refuses to work with them. This is why they are now framing him for something that took place 12 years ago!

Usually I am infuriated by Ynet's extreme Left Wing bias and while I'm not familiar with this particular story, it seems quite balanced.

Since he is now 30, he would have been about 18 years old at the time.

He belongs to a terrorist organization that advocates forced removal of the Arab population. He has been convicted of beating Arabs and of committing other crimes during the Gaza disengagement. He is suspected of being the "serial stabber" mass murderer. If you consider this friend of yours to be one of the sweetest and most gentle people, I would HATE to run into your other friends!

News papers, especially in Israel, are quite good at giving defamatory headlines to sell their papers.

Once again the antisemites manage to miss the point. A "Jewish terrorist", if in fact that's what this man turns out to be, is so rare, so unusual, that his mere existance as such becomes news. Had the headline read 'muslim terrorist', nobody would have even batted an eye. In fact, many, myself included, would suggest the inclusion of the word 'muslim' to be redundant in that context, like saying 'feline cat' or 'cold-blooded reptile'.

When they say 90's it can be 1999 so its not a big hole in the story...