Feb 19 1998 Haaretz

Major General Amiram Levin, head of the Israel Defense Forces' Northern Command said that the public debate over the IDF's presence in Lebanon and the battle against the Hezbollah not only did not weaken IDF soldiers and commanders, but actually strengthened them. "It is good to argue. We do not have to come to terms with the fact that katyusha missiles are being fired into the Galilee. However, at the same time, we don't have to come to terms with the price that the IDF pays, and therefore there is an important and legitimate debate," he said.

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