Been to the Shalom Al Yisroel Synagogue - can't say I did the other. Did you speak to him - were you shocked after Rabin got assassinated, did you think he would do such a thing?
[Just coming back to this thread now...]
@Happyguy - To make a long story short. This was about 2 weeks before Oslo handed over Jericho and Gaza to the PA. I had a friend from HS who after his first year in Israel decided to make aliyah and I was wrapping up my 1 semester of Shana Bet. Since we knew we wouldn't see each other for a while, we decided to get together for shabbos. He told me that he was going to this shabbaton in Yericho with some friends from Bar Ilan. I just assumed we were going to Mitzpe Yericho or Vered Yericho. Of course, I found out we were going to this shul, probably as the one last chance we had while it was under Israeli control. The guy in charge was named Avishai, and he seemed a little aloof. I just chalked it up to him being nervous that something would happen. Most of the people were friendly and easy going. Then there was this guy named Yigal, who just had a little more edge to him. I didn't speak to him much, but from what I overheard at the table, he was probably the most right-wing politically there (considering the context of the story, that's saying quite a bit).
On shabbos we took a walk to the Monastery of the last temptation. I went up to the steps and enjoyed the view, and then walked down. Most of us walked there and back with our armed escorts, he decided that he was going to walk back through a refugee camp. As he split off from us and entered the camp, he passed an older muslim man with prayer beads sitting outside his house. He just spit on him! It's not as if they exchanged words - just completely unprovoked.
While I might be more liberal than most, I certainly wasn't then, and I was clearly bothered by it - it was just so "bush" for no other explanation.
I walked away from that shabbos thinking that he was a jerk, and a little mentally unstable. 20 months later, he kills rabin. I didn't put two and two together at first (he didn't have a beard when I met him). But then it hit me, and I e-mailed my friend who confirmed it.
In case you haven't figured it out by now, Avishai is Avishai Raviv - also heavily involved at the whole parsha.