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Rebbe to Shin Bet Head: The Coming Islamic Terror
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As part of the Faithful and Fortified Series, the My Encounter with the Rebbe team interviewed Yaakov Peri, Shin Bet Head from 1988 until 1994. In a wide-ranging interview, Peri told of a wide-ranging 1-plus hour Yechidus with the Rebbe in 1990, where the Rebbe analyzed the then-raging Intifada and the roots and solutions to Islamic fundamentalist terrorism.
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Toward the beginning of the meeting,
I gave the Rebbe a briefing
on Shin Bet's forecasts
for terrorism within Israel and
outside Israel - worldwide terrorism.
But the briefing that the Rebbe
gave me later in the discussion
- various forecasts about terrorism,
and on the Islamic issue -
I must say, was no less complete?
As if the Rebbe had behind him
a sophisticated intelligence system
which collects and analyzes facts
and converts them to intelligence.
On all the topics, the Rebbe would
talk more about the roots of things;
both the roots of conflict between
us and the Palestinians,
also on the roots of Islam
- and why, at the end of the day, fundamentalist
Islamic organizations will continue and deepen
- to at least attempt murderous terrorism.
The eventual attack occurred
on the Twin Towers in New York?
this was it exactly: Islamic terror by Al Qaeda.
If you analyze the Rebbe's words and apply
them to the attack on the Twin Towers -
it's almost verbatim what he predicted.
The difference between my
analysis and the Rebbe's was -
I referred more to national issues -
you're experiencing events now,
you're touching them,
the Rebbe referred to more
to the roots, to the depths:
"Why is it happening?"
And when you know why it occurred,
you can usually find a cure,
or find some solution.
- although the Rebbe was
careful never to close the circle:
He'd never tell me "Do this," or "Don't do this."