By late 1992. drivers had killed 20 times more Israelis in the last five years than had the Palestinian uprising. almost 2.80) people. "If the enemy had slain us to this extent. the country would quake and we would be shaking In our foundations." Herzog declared then in a message for the Jewish New Year. Earlier that year. at a time when Jewish nettlera In the Israelioccupied territories had taken various measures In retaliation for Arab acts of violence. he denounced vigilantism. saying in a radio broadcast: "The phenomenon or taking the law into ones hands. of attacking Innocents and interfering with the dedicated work of the security forces. endangers our foundations and future." hater in the year. with Israel not able to Integrate all the new arrivals from the former Soviet republics fully into its economic life. Hersog proposed setting up soup kitchens for Immigrants. and was criticized for doing so. lie also spurred controversy sometimes by his use of the presidential power to pardon. In the mid1980s. he was criticized for pardoning agents of the Shin Bet security servIce and its chief. who was charged with commanding that two Palestinian bus hijackurs be summarily executed. In an interview n early 1093.
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