Israel’s police chief asked the government to redirect some of its counterterrorism efforts to fighting crime. Inspector General Moshe Karadi appeared before Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Cabinet on Sunday to request higher budgets for the national police, which is currently more than $125 million in debt and faces 2,000 job cuts. With street crime spiraling, Sharon vowed action.
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