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July 11, 2002       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=185005&contrassID=2&subContrassID=4&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y

Meet the New Chief of Staff, Moshe Ya'alon

(Ha'aretz ) Ze'ev Schiff - Ya'alon accepts the existence of a Palestinian state, but under clear conditions and at the end of a negotiation for a final settlement. If that condition is not met, it is a formula for continued warfare and for negative processes in the Arab world, including Israel's Arabs. Ya'alon knows Arafat's departure from the political arena does not mean a knockout victory for Israel. Ya'alon is said to believe that ousting Arafat from the territories would only revive his international standing. (IDF Radio) Ya'alon does not want the IDF to linger in the Palestinian towns and he supports wide-scale humanitarian aid to the population. Since he perceives the Palestinian terror campaign as an existential one, he led the IDF's campaign against those few who refuse to serve in the territories, and appears to have succeeded.

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