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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Judges, Ministers, Now Army Chief: Settlers Rise in Israel

In this photo provided by the Government Press Office, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid, right, poses for a photo with Israel's next military chief Maj. Gen. Herzi Halevi in Jerusalem, Aug. 3, 2022. (Israeli Government Press Office via AP)

Israel’s military has long had a cozy relationship with Jewish settlers in the West Bank. Those ties are about to deepen.

For the first time, a settler will serve as chief of staff of Israel's military, becoming the enforcer of Israel's open-ended occupation of the West Bank, now in its 56th year.

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