![]() It is important to reach negotiation and discussion, it is important to shape the rules of the struggle in such a way that it will be conducted with determination, and on the other hand won't pull Israel to the abyss from which there is no return. "It is about the expulsion of thousands of people from their homes. Eitam also insisted that the removal forces would be unarmed. He declared that the settlers would not use violence against Israeli security officers. He arranged a massive weapons recall in all the settlement due to be removed, in order to prevent any chance of bullets being fired by accident or the heat of the moment. After the evactuation of Netzer Hazani, Eitam moved to Netzarim and accompanied them during their evacuation.īecause of his objection to military refusal and violence, Eitam used as a negotiator between the opposers to the plan and Israeli security forces. Left-wing members of the Knesset denounced Eitam's move but the speaker of the house, Reuven Rivlin, said that the move fell under the immunity members of the Knesset have. Eventually, over Passover, Eitam moved to Netzer Hazani. In March 2005, after the Israeli Southern Command issued a decree forbidding relocation to the Gaza Strip, Eitam announced his intention to go and live in Gush Katif in order to reinforce the settlers and help prevent their eviction. He concluded that in the end of struggle "If you don't listen to the call to bring back the decision to the healthy and strong people, we shall send you home, and it will be painful and shameful, that will erase the achievements of your manhood." ![]() Despite the harsh criticism, Eitam denounced military refusal and violence. Eitam also claimed that the left was running an incitement campaign against the settlers, which include provocations and calls to spill their blood, in order to delegitimize that right-wing campaign against the disengagement plan. Eitam claimed Sharon was promoting the disengagement plan by threatening and firing objectors and by making corrupt deals. In a harsh speech delivered on 11 January 2005, Eitam called Sharon "refuser of democracy" ("סרבן דמוקרטיה") and attacked him for refusing to conduct a national poll on the plan. Eventually, Eitam and Levi left the NRP too and formed the Renewed Religious National Zionist Party, later renamed Ahi, which would later join the National Union - a Knesset list of right-wing parties. However, the National Religious Party refused to leave the coalition. On 10 June 2004 Eitam and Yitzhak Levy quit the government to protest the disengagement plan. Of Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti, then being investigated by Israel, he said, "Take him out to an orchard and shoot him in the head." He was first elected to the Knesset in January 2003, and was appointed Minister of Housing and Construction in March 2003. In 2002, Eitam called for Yasser Arafat to be killed. Despite not being a member of the Knesset, he was appointed a Minister without Portfolio on 8 April 2002, serving until 18 September that year, when he became Minister of National Infrastructure. Political careerĪfter his retirement from military service, Eitam entered politics, joining the National Religious Party. The Military Advocate General severely reprimanded Eitam and recommended that he never be promoted. An IDF court-martial convicted four of his soldiers, who testified against him. Eitam was heard over a radio telling his troops to beat and break the bones of a 21-year-old Palestinian prisoner named Ayyad Aqel. In 1988, Israeli Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin ordered the Israeli Army to beat Palestinian rioters. During the first Intifada he commanded the Givati Brigade. ![]() He also commanded an infantry battalion in Operation Litani, and an officers' school battalion during the 1982 Lebanon War. He also participated in Operation Entebbe, in which he commanded the Sayeret Golani. He is married and has eight children and lives in the Israeli settlement and moshav of Nov in the Golan Heights.Įitam is a Brigadier General (reserves) in the Israel Defense Forces, and is considered a war hero by the State of Israel, having earned Israel's Medal of Distinguished Service in the Yom Kippur War for acting with his sergeant to stop Syrian tanks from penetrating the Golan Heights's Nafah, using 3 Bazooka bombs and heavy machine gun and later rescued the wounded from Nafah. He is also a former student of the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. ![]() in Political Science and in International Relations. ![]() When he was old enough, Eitam joined the Israeli Defense Forces. A Hardal Israeli, he was born in kibbutz Ein Gev and received a secular education. ![]()
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