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Thu 01 Jan 2009BOOKLET: IDF officer reprimanded
The Israeli military said yesterday it had reprimanded an officer behind the distribution of a booklet during the Gaza War that advised soldiers against showing any mercy to enemies.
An Israeli rights group, Yesh Din, called on Monday for the dismissal of the chief military rabbi, Brig Gen Avichai Rontzki, saying he had authorised the booklet, written by a civilian rabbi who advocates Jewish settlement in the West Bank.
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