Israeli army chief warns dissenters

RESPONDING to growing threats of insubordination, Israel's army chief announced yesterday he'll expel officers and soldiers who refuse to participate in a planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank.

Israeli army chief warns dissenters

The warning by Lt General Moshe Yaalon came after 34 reserve officers wrote to their commander that the Gaza withdrawal, along with the dismantling of Jewish settlements, is illegal and that soldiers must not participate in it.

Despite the growing protests, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon consolidated a pro-pullback coalition by signing up a small ultra-Orthodox Jewish party.

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