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  • IDF general escapes arrest by London police's anti-terrorist unit

    09/12/2005 9:50:27 AM PDT · by dervish · 27 replies · 989+ views
    Haaretz ^ | 9/12/05 | Aluf Benn
    General (res.) Doron Almog, former head of the Israel Defense Forces' Southern Command, escaped arrest Sunday by the London police's anti-terrorist and war crimes unit, when he remained on an aircraft that had landed in Heathrow airport and returned with it to Israel several hours later. Almog had arrived in London on an El-Al flight. Israel Ambassador Zvi Hefetz learned of a plan to arrest him for allegedly perpetrating war crimes during the intifada, and quickly informed Yaki Dayan, head of the political department in Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom's bureau. In Jerusalem no one knew whether Almog was to be...
  • Outgoing Southern Command chief: Don't trust Dahlan

    06/27/2003 12:55:22 AM PDT · by yonif · 1 replies · 76+ views
    Haaretz ^ | Friday, June 27, 2003 Sivan 27, 5763 | Amos Harel
    Major General Doron Almog does not have great faith in Mohammed Dahlan. The head of the Israel Defense Forces' Southern Command and the Palestinian Minister for Security are old acquaintances: In 1994, Almog, then a brigadier general, oversaw the IDF's redeployment in the Gaza Strip under the "Gaza and Jericho First" agreement. Dahlan came from Tunis to head the Preventive Security Service in Gaza. During the first 10 months of the deal, 18 Israelis, both soldiers and civilians, were killed in Gaza. The attacks, mostly committed by the Islamic organizations, continued despite Dahlan's assurances that the Palestinian Authority would stop...