Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Moshe Ya'alon on Tuesday said that the new Palestinian leadership has made the decision not to use terrorism as "a political tool," but warned that the Palestinian Authority must also reinforce the concept of one rule in the territories.
"In the Palestinian arena, a new leadership is adopting a 'state logic' and rejecting terror as a political tool," Ya'alon told participants of the IDF's Second International Conference on Low Intensity Conflict Warfare. But, he added, "the ability of the new Palestinian leadership to develop into a responsible and effective player depends on its ability to advance the policy of 'one authority, one law and one legal bearer of arms.'"
The military chief also said that Israel's strategic goal is to phase out Palestinian labor by 2008.
Israel made the decision in response to more than four years of fighting with the Palestinians, Ya'alon told the security conference. Before the outbreak of violence in 2000, more than 150,000 Palestinians worked in Israel, most in menial jobs Israelis refused to fill.
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