Great story in today's Yediot Aharonot. Turns out while he was minister, MK Effi Eitam (National Religious Party) requested from senior Israel Defense Forces officials that his son Amitzur be transferred from a reserve unit attached to the Gaza Strip to a unit in the Golan Heights. True, this would have brought Amitsur closer to his parents' home in the Golan, but MK Eitam has been among the most vocal opponents to Ariel Sharon's disengagement plan, which would include a complete withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.
How many other reservists can have their dad call senior military officials with such a request. (George W. Bush notwithstanding.) The Yediot report also says that members of Eitam's ministerial staff made calls to the army with the same request. Think they would be willing to do the same for me?
And kudos to Yediot for a great headline (inside, not front page) for the story:
Effi Eitam wanted to disengage his son from Gaza
