A-Sanaa: IDF prefers Arab soldiers on front line

From: Jerusalem Post | Date: January 14, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

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Headline: A-Sanaa: IDF prefers Arab soldiers on front line Byline: NINA GILBERT Edition; Daily Section: News Page: 03

Monday, January 14, 2002 -- MK Taleb a-Sanaa has accused Israel of a policy of positioning its Arab instead of Jewish soldiers in dangerous, unprotected outposts at confrontation points with the Palestinians.

In an interview over the weekend to the Palestinian newspaper Al-Hayat al-Jadida, Sanaa was quoted as saying that the Arab soldiers are being stationed on the front lines so they will be "killed first and souls of Jewish soldiers will be ...

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