Israeli lawmakers demanded that the code name for the Gaza withdrawal plan, “Brothers Dwell,” be changed.A fracas erupted at a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee session Monday as the army’s deputy chief of staff, Maj. Gen. Dan Halutz, unveiled the operation’s name, which is lifted from Psalm 133, “How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity.”
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