IDF chief says Palestinians view terror as ‘political tool’

In a Knesset State Control Committee meeting, IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot tells Israeli lawmakers that the “Palestinians view terrorism as a political, social and religious tool to achieve goals,” according to Army Radio.

Terrorism is a “daily occurrence that we are grappling with in Judea and Samaria,” he says, using the biblical term for the West Bank.

IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, July 13, 2016 (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, July 13, 2016 (IDF Spokesperson’s Unit)

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