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Israelis Decry Tough Tactics
Washington Post ^ | Saturday, November 15, 2003 | Molly Moore

Posted on 11/15/2003 6:30:32 AM PST by palmer

JERUSALEM, Nov. 14 -- Four former chiefs of Israel's powerful domestic security service said in an interview published Friday that the government's actions and policies during the three-year-old Palestinian uprising have gravely damaged the country and its people.

The four, who variously headed the Shin Bet security agency from 1980 to 2000 under governments that spanned the political spectrum, said that Israel must end its occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, that the government should recognize that no peace agreement can be reached without the involvement of the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, and that it must stop what one called the immoral treatment of Palestinians.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Israel
KEYWORDS: capos
Three security chiefs named in the article are:
Avraham Shalom, 1980 to 1986
Carmi Gillon, 1995 to 1996
Maj. Gen. Ami Ayalon, 1996 to 2000
I think the fourth is Yaakov Peri (Perry?) 1988 to 1995
1 posted on 11/15/2003 6:30:32 AM PST by palmer
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To: palmer
They have a stellar record:

Avraham Shalom--First Intifada
Yaakov Perry--First Infidafa + Oslo
Carmi Gillon--Olso + Rabin Assassination
Ami Ayalon--Oslo + Year 2000 Oslo War
2 posted on 11/15/2003 6:42:49 AM PST by LarryM
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To: LarryM
Deja vu all over again.
3 posted on 11/15/2003 6:56:29 AM PST by vbmoneyspender
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To: vbmoneyspender
I didn't see this posted, but I searched google and these guys have been saying these same things for a while.
4 posted on 11/15/2003 7:02:03 AM PST by palmer (They've reinserted my posting tube)
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To: palmer
Capos
5 posted on 11/15/2003 2:08:15 PM PST by tubavil
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To: tubavil
Yup. These clowns are Isreal's versions of Weasley Clark.
6 posted on 11/15/2003 4:26:42 PM PST by Levante
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To: LarryM
Leftists, when they are out of power, would rather destroy the entire country than allow anyone else to be in power.
7 posted on 11/15/2003 4:29:04 PM PST by Alouette (I have 9 kids)
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