In Maariv (Hebrew ed.) on Tuesday:
Prior to becoming Head of Central Command at the end of 2002, Gen. Moshe Kaplinsky served as military secretary to Prime Minister Sharon.
During a meeting with an American delegation, the U.S. requested the removal of an IDF checkpoint and, despite its concerns, the prime minister’s office agreed.
A few hours later a suicide bomber passed through the abandoned checkpoint and committed an attack that resulted in many casualties.
At the next meeting with the Americans, Uri Shani, then the prime minister’s bureau chief, and Kaplinsky explained how the attack happened.
Kaplinsky was asked, “Are you accusing us here of responsibility for this attack in which people were killed?”
Kaplinsky pounded on the table and said: “Yes. That’s exactly what I’m accusing you of.”
