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How Israel is divided over the role of its army

The special place held by the Israeli army is coming under threat following a series of public rows between generals and politicians over the future direction of the country.

One senior general compared trends in Israeli society to those in Nazi Germany.

As Andrew Hosken found in the West Bank, there have been disagreements about how to deal with violent attacks by Palestinians - including the fatal shooting by an Israeli sergeant of a wounded man who had been disarmed after stabbing an Israeli soldier.

(Photo: Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint. Credit: Associated Press)

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