There are Jewish Terrorists Still at Large in Israel.

A senior Shin Bet official said Jewish terrorists that have not been caught are still at large and may be planning future attacks, Israeli Resources said on Monday.<p>Aa

The official's comments follow the announcement on Sunday that settler Yaakov Tytell was arrested last month for allegedly killing two Palestinians and carrying out a string of bomb attacks.

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Tytell is not mentally unstable, said the Shin Bet official, who described him as an extremist who firmly believes in his ideology and who acted carefully, decisively and with sophistication.

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The official added that Tytell functioned on the outermost fringes of society and said he cannot be compared with other Jewish terrorists, including the Jewish underground and Yigal Amir, who assassinated former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin 14 years ago.

'You don't need an underground with 100 people in order to cause grave damage,' the Shin Bet official said.

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Tytell was arrested on October 7 in the ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Nof after posting signs around town praising the attack on the Tel Aviv gay center. He was apprehended with a loaded gun.

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Police found additional weapons and explosives at his home and another concealed location.

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Tytell was remanded and interrogated for about three weeks without access to legal representation, a step that was approved by various courts, including the High Court of Justice

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A sweeping gag order; an armed break-in at the suspect's home; the denial of legal representation to the suspect; and the interrogation of his wife - these are just a few of the measures the Shin Bet took against suspected Jewish terrorist Yaakov Tytell and his family.

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Tytell, 36, a resident of the West Bank settlement of Shvut Rachel, was arrested three weeks ago on suspicion of murder and involvement in a string of murder plots. Immediately after his arrest in the ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Nof, a gag order was placed on every detail of the affair - which was violated by a writer and editor at the Walla Web site, who were themselves subsequently brought in for questioning.

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The Shin Bet policy of a 'heavy hand' was evident in the conditions of Tytell's detention, as well as in the behavior of investigators toward his family.

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