Israel’s police chief called for withdrawals from the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank, planned for this summer, to be accelerated. Inspector General Moshe Karadi told Israel Radio on Tuesday that the evacuation of settlements, slated to begin July 20, should take place over five weeks, not the nine weeks now planned.
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