Editing Rehavam Ze'evi (section)

==Controversy==
[[File:Route90 1.jpg|thumb|200px|Highway 90 renamed Derekh Gandi]]
In 1975, [[Ehud Olmert]], who later became [[Prime Minister of Israel]], accused Ze'evi of protecting organized crime figures. Ze'evi sued Olmert for libel but lost the case.<ref>Avneri, Ariel.''The Route''. Tel Aviv, 1992</ref> In September 1991, while serving as Minister without Portfolio, he called then U.S. President [[George H. W. Bush]] an "anti-Semite."<ref name="jpost20011018"/><ref>"Israeli Loan Dispute Turns Ugly; Rightist Calls Bush 'Anti-Semite'", New York Times (16 September 1991)</ref>

In 1997, he called then U.S. Ambassador to Israel, [[Martin Indyk]] a "{{lang|he|yehudon}}" ("jewboy") and challenged him to a fistfight. Indyk responded by calling him a "son of a bitch".<ref name="jpost20011018"/> The insult was apparently because the ambassador was urging Israel to make concessions in talks with the Palestinians.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rehavam Ze'evi|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/4266321/Rehavam-Zeevi.html|website=The Telegraph|date=18 October 2001 |publisher=Telegraph Media Group Limited|access-date=17 June 2015}}</ref>

A report in 2016 from a television news magazine aired allegations that Ze'evi killed unarmed Bedouins, conspired in an attempted murder of a reporter, and raped a soldier under his command.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jta.org/2016/04/15/news-opinion/israel-middle-east/following-rape-charge-israeli-lawmakers-vow-to-cancel-state-honors-for-rehavam-zeevi|title = After rape charge, Israeli lawmakers vow to nix state honors for slain general|date = 15 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mako.co.il/tv-ilana_dayan/2016-2659ae10426f3510/Article-7a7cca401651451006.htm|title=הסודות של גנדי &#124; עובדה|date=14 April 2016|website=mako}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Despite rape claims, state memorial for slain minister goes ahead|url= https://www.timesofisrael.com/despite-rape-claims-state-memorial-for-slain-minister-to-go-ahead/amp/|website=Times of Israel|access-date=1 November 2016}}</ref> The publication drew calls for an end to government funding for programs honoring Ze'evi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mako.co.il/news-military/politics-q2_2016/Article-9f556d039361451004.htm?sCh=3d385dd2dd5d4110&pId=1434139730|title = N12 – "נפעל לביטול מפעל ההנצחה"|date = 14 April 2016}}</ref>