Arutz-7's Haggai Huberman writes in HaTzofeh today that National Security Chief Gen. Giora Eiland - who has been charged with developing the plan to unilaterally withdraw from Gaza - is also not in favor of it. "A big mistake," Eiland calls it.
Gen. Eiland does not negate a full-scale withdrawal from Gaza, but says that it must be done only with the consent of the Palestinian Authority. "A unilateral retreat with nothing in exchange," Eiland has said in internal discussions, "will solve nothing."
Huberman further reports that Eiland was not even informed of the plan before Sharon made it public - despite his senior status as National Security Advisor. Neither were other generals in the IDF General Staff. Eiland does not plan to come out publicly with his objections, and will fulfill the task the Prime Minister has assigned to him of turning the withdrawal notion into a concrete plan of action.
The Press Advisor to the Prime Minister said that the entire report on Eiland is "nonsense" and "not in accord with the facts" - but Huberman stands by his version, which he says is based on those who heard Eiland speak on the matter.