At a Mount Herzl ceremony on Thursday marking 10 years since the assassination of then-tourism minister Rehavam Ze’evi, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said that Ze’evi “understood that in circumstances that threaten our nation's existence, we have no choice but to wield a sword.”“He understood that nobody will protect the Jews if they won’t protect themselves. He was right on the need to wield a sword in the face of enemies,” the prime minister continued.Ze’evi, a Palmah fighter, IDF major-general, politician and historian who founded the Moledet party, was known for his advocacy of “transferring” Palestinians out of Israel.Ze'evi earned the nickname "Gandhi" as a young man, when his shaved head, thin physique and a towel around his waist drew comparisons to Mohandas Gandhi.var ord = window.ord || Math.floor(Math.random() * 1e16);document.write('');He was shot in 2001 in the Jerusalem Hyatt hotel on Mount Scopus by four gunmen from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and soon died in hospital.
