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Article: Gil: Government should pay more attention to Foreign Ministry analysis
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- January 2, 2002
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Headline: Gil: Government should pay more attention to Foreign Ministry
analysis
Byline: MIRIAM SHAVIV, Gil Hoffman contributed to this report
Edition; Daily
Section: News
Page: 03
Wednesday, January 2, 2002 -- The government pays too much attention
to army intelligence, and not enough to the analyses of Foreign Ministry
personnel, Foreign Ministry Director-General Avi Gil said yesterday.
"There is an imbalance in the weight given to diplomatic analyses
by 'uniform wearers' and civilians," he told the Foreign Affairs and
Defense Committee. "The balance must be kept before decisions are
taken. It is wrong to rely mostly on the opinions of the military ...