Almost three hours after the “rebuke” meeting between Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ya’alon Monday morning, the two parties finally issued a joint statement, saying, “Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ya’alon met this morning and clarified things between them.”
The statement continued, “There is no doubt, nor has there ever been, that the army is subordinate to the political echelon and that officers are permitted to voice their opinions in the relevant forums.”
According to JNi.media, “Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon on Sunday night got on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wrong side when he urged IDF leaders to speak their mind in public and not fear reprisal. At this point it appears that some reprisal may be coming Ya’alon’s way from the Prime Minister, who summoned him to what the Israeli media described as a “rebuke meeting” Monday morning.” (See Netanyahu Confronts Ya’alon Over Call to IDF Officers to ‘Speak their Minds’)
But if reprisal is indeed coming Ya’alon’s way it will not happen today.