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Israel’s Highest Ranking Soldier Criticizes Treatment of Palestinians

HeadlineOct 30, 2003

Israel’s top-ranking soldier is coming under criticism from Prime Minister General Ariel Sharon after he said that the government’s hard-line policies against Palestinians were not in Israel’s “strategic interest.” In a background briefing, Lt. Gen. Moshe Yaalon, the military’s chief of staff, said Israeli policies including travel restrictions and curfews on Palestinians was harming Israel’s overall security. On Wednesday, Israeli forces killed at least two Palestinians including a 12-year-old boy in Nablus.

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