Tag: Chief of Staff

"To my chagrin, I find that some IDF commanders' mouths and hearts are not the same."

The ombudsman recommended that commission be established to fundamentally restore the organizational culture in the IDF.

Clearly, the criticism voiced by several reports, including some comments from the DM have hit a raw nerve with Eizenkot.

"What happened here is that they abandoned a soldier, so the Palestinians would not get up to have one of their days of rage."

After the soldier demanded to be tried in a military court, he was ostracized and expelled from the training, and now his job is to wash toilets at the base.

Last November, the chief of staff refused PM Netanyahu's request to appoint Winter as his military secretary; and last June, Winter's name was absent from the list of promoted senior officers.

The meeting was not mentioned in the Israeli Government Press Office's Monday's agenda for the PM issued Sunday night.

Bennett's circle recommended that the DM "focus on eradicating terrorism in the south," instead of leaking quotes from the cabinet meeting and then commenting on them.

It feels like 2014 all over again.

In case the Temple is rebuilt, consider this [Tisha B’Av] document null and void.

Lt. Gen. Eizenkot said: "Sharon is doing his job with exceptional skill, with good common sense and with courage, and I wish that all of us uphold his example."

Chairman of the Zionist Union Knesset faction Yoel Hasson made it clear that his party would turn the vote on the draft law into a vote of no-confidence against the Netanyahu government.

As was to be expected, Transport and Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud) on Monday morning repeated his proposal to build an island off the Gaza coast

The values of the Israel Defense Forces, and among them the Purity of our Weapons, are the core foundation of the strength of the Israel Defense Forces.

Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot officially told Brigadier General Ofer Vinter that he won't be given the position of military secretary to the Prime Minister.

As Israel is facing a looming war along the borders with Lebanon and Syria, the IDF has forced out one of its most brilliant generals for the unauthorized possession of a washing machine, a souvenir assault rifle and spare parts.

About three weeks ago Azaria submitted a request to be pardoned by President Rivlin, writing it in a way that practically guaranteed that his plea would be rejected.

"On the existing map, we can preserve our interests, so that there will not be a bi-national state."

"We have a common goal – to prevent Iran from becoming a regional North Korea. It is an effort by the State of Israel, by the moderate Sunni states in the Middle East, and by the entire world."

Legal sources estimate that Eizenkot will shorten Azaria's sentence of 18 months in prison by several months, but will not pardon the convicted soldier altogether.

"The immediate execution of the sentence is of an increased urgency to preserve the discipline upon which the entire military establishment is based," the military prosecution wrote the court.

In recent years, the knitted yarmulkes, which fill the junior and middle echelons of the IDF, have not been promoted to the senior command of the army.

Despite a pending petition to the Supreme Court, the IDF Civil Administration went ahead and razed the memorial.

Instead of asking his soldier if his girlfriend is waiting for him at home, it would be preferable for the commander to ask if his girlfriend or boyfriend is waiting at home.

Is it too late to note that President Assad is a big supporter of the seniority system?

'It's a good thing that we went from a state of madness to a state that is semi normal.'

The IDF wants its terminology to be politically neutral as we celebrate the liberation and reunification of Jerusalem from Jordan's illegal occupation.

Israelis paused this Monday to remember 23,544 IDF soldiers who died during their military service.

'To our dismay, the number of survivors who can share their story is rapidly declining,' said Education Minister Naftali Bennett. 'We must find new ways to remember.'

Baranski made headlines last November, when he objected to the inclusion of women in IDF armored combat units.