The Independent of London reports a leading candidate to be Israel’s next prime minister once called for Israeli troops to kill seventy Palestinians a day when he was head of the military during the Second Intifada. In May 2001, Shaul Mofaz reportedly gave a briefing to senior West Bank army commanders and said he wanted ten slain Palestinians a day in each of the seven territorial brigade areas. Mofaz recently emerged as the chief rival to Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni to take over the Kadima party following Ehud Olmert’s resignation.