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The Occupation - 04/16/03

Army decided to remove internationals

Moshe Ya’alon

Lt.-General Moshe Ya’alon, in the program “Open Line with the Chief of Staff” during which he spoke with soldiers and commanders about current events. The program’s presenter, Dalik Vilenitz, had asked him about the activists from human rights organization in the territories.
First of all [international human rights activists] create the negative image we have, because it certainly strengthens the Palestinian story, which according to my understanding is fabricated in this context. And as a result of this, they also impede the operations of our forces. (...) “I have just given an order to remove the organization’s activists from the area, firstly for their own benefit - they are endangering their own lives in a superfluous way - but are also creating provocations that injure our freedom of action on the ground. And so it’s advisable that they get out of the area.

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Army decided to remove internationals
Moshe Ya’alon





Lt.-General Moshe Ya’alon, in the program “Open Line with the Chief of Staff” during which he spoke with soldiers and commanders about current events. The program’s presenter, Dalik Vilenitz, had asked him about the activists from human rights organization in the territories. First of all [international human rights activists] create the negative image we have, because it certainly strengthens the Palestinian story, which according to my understanding is fabricated in this context. And as a result of this, they also impede the operations of our forces. (...) “I have just given an order to remove the organization’s activists from the area, firstly for their own benefit - they are endangering their own lives in a superfluous way - but are also creating provocations that injure our freedom of action on the ground. And so it’s advisable that they get out of the area.
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