IDF General: \"Not One Centimeter\"

O.C. Southern Command Maj.-Gen. Doron Almog says that the IDF is against giving even one centimeter of land to the PLO - including isolated communities - as long as no agreement is reached with the Palestinians and their violence against Israelis continues.

Mar 6, 2001, 6:54 PM (GMT+2)

IsraelNationalNews.com O.C. Southern Command Maj.-Gen. Doron Almog says that the IDF is against giving even one centimeter of land to the PLO - including isolated communities - as long as no agreement is reached with the Palestinians and their violence against Israelis continues. Gen. Almog said yesterday that evacuating any Jewish community from anywhere in Gaza would be interpreted as a sign of weakness, and would invite further aggressions from the Palestinian Authority. \"It is sufficient to see how the Arabs viewed our pull-out from Lebanon,\" he said, and added, \"there is no difference between [the isolated community] Netzarim and any other town in Israel. The IDF is obligated to protect and defend all of them.\"