If the Israeli
army is taking a precautionary approach then believe me,
everything,
but I mean
EVERYTHING is possible. They are the last to admit,
but now they take a wise, responsible step. By the way, all the 3 israeli celluar companies
are now in the process of selling
their stocks, the
hint is clear for anybody who knows basic economy...
Half of the
military transmission antennas will be removed
"Bamachane" (a military
weekly) 20 January 2006, By Nir Noyman.
The Tikshuv
branch is acting together with the planning
department of the General Staff
to reduce the number of the military transmission
sites in which antennas are erected, because of the radiation they
emit. In the first stage, two transmission sites
will be united in central Israel within the next months, and
the intention is to reduce to half the remaining transmission
sites during 2006.
The transmission
sites that will remain, will provide service to the users
in the different arms,
in contrast to
the situation that was before, when each arm held its own
transmission sites.
"The reason for
reducing the sites is double" explained head of the AGA"M department in
the Tikshuv arm, Al"m (Aluf Mishne) Asher: "We cut the
maintenance costs of the sites, and we also fulfil our commitment as a public organization". In the
Tikshuv branch they explained that in the light of the public awaking in the subject of the cellular
radiation and the increase of the public awareness to this
subject, it was decided in the branch not to take a risk and to take a redoubled precaution in the
radiation issue. Al"m Asher emphasized that "The IDF
stands in all the required standards and is under constant regulations
of the Environmental Ministry, but since we are also citizens, we
understand well the importance of the issue".
Over the country
there are dozens of cellular antennas that were erected with the
cooperation between the Tikshuv branch, The planning branch, the
operations branch, the Defence ministry, the Env. ministry, and the
cellular companies. The cost to erect each site is 700,000
shekels up to 1.5 milion. Many antennas are also in the Ramat Hagolan
area, Lebanon boundary, in Aio"sh and Azch"a.