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  • Former Def.Min. Moshe Arens: "Northern Gaza Must be Recaptured"

    04/25/2006 11:19:52 AM PDT · by Nachum · 23 replies · 812+ views
    Arutz 7 ^ | April 25, 2006 | Staff
    "I fear that the government is refraining from sending IDF troops into Gaza to stop the Kassam rockets because it doesn't want to admit its mistake in withdrawing from Gaza in the first place." So said Prof. Moshe Arens today, speaking with Arutz-7's Uzi Baruch. Prof. Arens served as Defense Minister in four different Israeli governments and Foreign Minister in one. Arens said that a military ground operation is necessary because the "IDF's artillery barrage on northern Gaza is totally futile, as the terrorists fire the rockets from densely populated areas while Israel shells empty areas." "The security establishment must...