Katzover: Nitzan Alon Broke All Records

Arutz Sheva ^ | 26/10/11 | Elad Benari

[Eleutheria5]

Benny Katzover, Chairman of the Samaria Residents Committee, welcomed on Tuesday the appointment of Hagai Mordechai to the position of commander of the IDF’s Judea and Samaria Division.

Mordechai is replacing Brigadier General Nitzan Alon, who held the position for over two years and whose views more often than not clashed with the Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria.

In an interview with Arutz Sheva, Katzover expressed hope that Mordechai’s appointment will mark the beginning of new and better relations between the IDF and Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria.

“Unfortunately Nitzan Alon broke all records, and the peak was in the interview he gave to the New York Times where he called for the reduction of the forces that protect our communities,” Katzover said, adding that Alon acted using “a significant left-wing agenda.”

In the NYT interview, Alon also expressed concern over “increasing violence” by “radical Israeli settlers,” colloquially called ‘price tag’ operations, which he called “Jewish terrorism,” and called on U.S. Congress not to freeze aid to the Palestinian Authority in response to the unilateral PA statehood bid.

After that interview, Katzover condemned Alon’s statements, saying Alon had “spit on the rule of law.” On Tuesday, he said that Alon’s term as Commander of the Judea and Samaria Division will be remembered as one of the most difficult periods in history.

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[Eleutheria5]

Ketzele, are you saying it was more difficult than 1933-36, the Roman conquest, the Crusades, the blood libel of 1841, Jalal Pasha's rule, or 1915? Alon sucked, but he's barely a footnote.