Signs of the times

04.02.2012                      11.Schwat. 5772                      Beschalach

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Signs of the times

A year into his post, Gantz faces daunting challenge of preparing for war at a moment’s notice.

On Sunday, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz visited northern Samaria to inspect the military’s deployment in what is possibly the most tense region of the West Bank.
Following a four-hour tour that included stops at Mount Kabir, which provides expansive views of Nablus to the southwest and the Jordan Valley to the northeast, as well as a military outpost near the settlement of Yitzhar, Gantz got in his jeep to head back to the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv….