A right-wing Israeli lawmaker called on army draftees not to evacuate West Bank settlements. A letter distributed among Israeli 12th-graders this week by the National Union bloc’s Arieh Eldad urges them to send a petition to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon when they enlist for mandatory military service, pledging to oppose his withdrawal plan.
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