"A Killer as Complex as Israel" (Nov. 10) got one thing wrong. Yigal Amir's comrades-in-arms may well have nicknamed him "Natsnets," but the term, literally translated as "thumbtack" or "pinhead," does not herald great intellect. In Israeli army parlance, to be a "natsnets" is to be a stickler for orders, not someone given to question authority.

The question for Israel to determine now is, who gave Amir his marching orders?

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