gillon defended the use of torture as a means of "self-defense against terrorism." he told danish media that israel might have to re-introduce "moderate physical pressure" when interrogating suspected palestinian terrorists. "we banned this form of interrogation in israel in 1999 because of the peace process. unfortunately, it looks like we may have to start using it again," gillon said. one member of parliament, centre democrat leader peter duetoft, called opposition to gillon's appointment "hypocritical" because yasser arafat, "the biggest terrorist", had recently visited denmark without there having been similar objections.