Prime Minister Ariel Sharon met yesterday with Brig.-Gen. (res) Effie Eitam, and the two discussed various issues related to Zionist settlement, education, and Land of Israel values. The Prime Minister expressed his solidarity with, and great appreciation for, the residents of Judea and Samaria, and reiterated the government’s commitment both to the residents’ peace and security and to the strengthening of the settlement enterprise. On the political level, Sharon asked Eitam to join the Likud.
A former Galilee Formation Commander, Eitam resigned from the army late last year after he a) was widely criticized for having called Arafat an \"arch-terrorist,\" and b) was passed over for promotion to the rank of Maj.-Gen. in a move widely assumed to have been connected with the yarmulke on his head and his political beliefs. Eitam has been rumored to be interested in either starting a new party, heading the National Religious Party, or starting a large educational institution.
A former Galilee Formation Commander, Eitam resigned from the army late last year after he a) was widely criticized for having called Arafat an \"arch-terrorist,\" and b) was passed over for promotion to the rank of Maj.-Gen. in a move widely assumed to have been connected with the yarmulke on his head and his political beliefs. Eitam has been rumored to be interested in either starting a new party, heading the National Religious Party, or starting a large educational institution.