“As odious and disgusting as such Web sites are, they are not illegal,” said Laura Kam-Issacharoff, a spokeswoman at the Anti-Defamation League’s Jerusalem office. She noted that it is much easier to get sites eliminated in Israel because of laws barring incitement, whereas in the United States the argument of freedom of speech provided in the first amendment makes it much easier for hate groups to publish what they want.
While denying any connection to the games on the Kahane site, Itamar Ben-Gvir, a Kahane movement supporter, argued that given the state of security affairs in Israel the games were both legitimate and natural, and, he averred, “a good educational tool for youth.”
“You must understand that the prime minister has turned at least half of the residents of Israel into a real sitting-duck game, in that they are coming under live fire from terrorists who shoot at them anywhere they move on the roads of the West Bank, Gaza and even Gilo. So it should come as no surprise that there are such computer games which educate the youth that the criminals of Oslo are guilty for everything that is happening in the state,” he said.
Other “games” offered at the site include “Barak Invaders,” a spin off of “Space Invaders,” that involves shooting pictures of a bat-like Barak with four pronged teeth; “Whack a Barak,” which tells surfers to “knock some sense into the prime minister”; and a reported favorite, “Welcome Arafat to Kahane Land” — with a picture of revolver pointed at Arafat, and a bullet hitting him in the eye.