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...incredible disparity in casualties--more than 100 dead Palestinians versus six dead Israelis--as an outrage. Worse atrocities than the Ramallah lynchings have been committed before in the conflict, on both sides, but never on film. "Morally, we had to retaliate," said Israeli military chief Lieut. General Shaul Mofaz. "It was a supreme commandment even." In preparing his attack, Mofaz worked from a list of 30 possible targets, all facilities of the Palestinian Authority. Among them was Arafat's headquarters in Ramallah. On a 30-in. flat screen next to his desk, Mofaz checked the live reconnaissance feed from...
...generals were not so sure. Asked by TIME whether the Lebanon affair was over, military chief of staff Lieut. General Shaul Mofaz snapped back, "What are you talking about, 'over'? It's a new situation, and we have to see what will be." Israel's army brass have not hidden their disapproval of the pullout. Their fear is that while Israel has quit the fight in Lebanon, Hizballah and its Syrian backers have...
...trial of the remaining defendants, including Major David Mofaz, deputy commander of the Judea district at the time, has been in progress since November and is expected to end Feb. 17. Mofaz and witnesses have testified that the military governor of the district, Lieut. Colonel Shalom Lugassi, to "enforce a curfew" in an Arab refugee camp, ordered his officers and men to shoot down alleyways, fire at the panels of solar heaters and break the wristwatches of Palestinian detainees. Mofaz is accused of assaulting some detainees and of failing to prevent the other defendants from doing...
...Mofaz told the court that according to another officer, the tough West Bank mea sures were sanctioned by Defense Minister Ariel Sharon. Mofaz's lawyer now has presented to the military court two memorandums that were written by Chief of Staff Eitan. Though the documents were not released by the court, a summary of their contents has been published in Israeli newspapers. In one memorandum, Eitan recommended expulsion from the West Bank for convicted demonstrators and stone throwers. He also called for "preventive arrests," harassment of suspected troublemakers, punishment for the parents of teen-age protesters and economic sanctions...