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Architect Of Assassinations Heads Israeli Security
The architect of assassinating Palestinian insurgents has been selected to head Israel's domestic intelligence service. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has appointed Yuval Diskin the new director of the Israel Security Agency. Diskin, 49, the youngest chief of Israeli domestic intelligence and security, was the initiator of the policy of identifying and targeting Palestinian insurgency operatives in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The policy, encouraged by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, led to the assassination in 2004 of much of the Hamas leadership. "It's an excellent choice," former ISA director Yaakov Peri said. "This was a relative rapid promotion." Officials said the challenge of the incoming ISA director would be to ensure internal security while renewing cooperation with the Palestinian Authority. They said Diskin and most ISA commanders have opposed Sharon's decision to release Palestinian inmates convicted of murder as well a military withdrawal from West Bank cities.Posted by: Fred 2005-02-13 |
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