Tag: Gadi Eizenkot

Gadi Eisenkot gave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a core section from a drill used to locate a terror tunnel.

The Israeli and Saudi military leaders discussed the Iranian issue, about which their views are similar.

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

In his findings, the Commissioner of Soldiers' Complaints pointed to low levels of quality, especially among the lower command echelons.

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.

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."

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.

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.

The remnants of Israel's left who still command key positions both in government and the military jumped out of their skins at the embarrassing news of an IDF commander who sees himself and his soldiers as the heirs of King David and his victorious armies.

The attack was a response to anti-aircraft fire aimed at IAF planes on a routine photographic mission flight over Lebanon.

The last time IDF combat recruitment was this low was recorded immediately after the 2006 Second Lebanon War.The trend was eventually corrected in 2010, when demand for combat service surged to an 80% peak. But it has since been declining consistently.

The IDF Chief of Staff said Norkin was a natural choice for the position after “years of excellence.”

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.

Only 15% of the cadets who began the flight school will be on the parade grounds on Thursday to receive their wings.

"The North has experienced 11 years of quiet that are unheard of since the creation of the State of Israel."

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

On top of its strategic troubles, faced with the relentless threat of ISIS and the collapse of trade relations with both Syria and Iraq, Jordan continues to suffer from the unresolved core issue of identity.

Eizenkot said that since the Hebron incident in March 2016 there had been 200 other incidents and in none of them did the forces involved hesitate to shoot.

Meanwhile, Rabbi Amihai Eliahu is accusing the entities behind the move of attempting to cleanse the IDF of its religious warriors.

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman has approved new appointments as the top brass shuffles the Israel Defense Forces.

Overall, the debate veered to the Iran deal four times, and Gov. Pence was not able to turn any of them into a knockout, or even a win on points.

There have not been any terrorists among PA Arabs who possess work permits during the last terror wave.

In late 2015 the military was about to appoint him Head of the Operations Division, a senior position in the IDF command.

Many, if not all these "controversial" responses by Rabbi Krim can be easily explained within the context in which they were provided.

The Hannibal Directive was last executed in connection with the kidnapping of Lt. Hadar Goldin of the Givati special force, during the Rafah battle in August 2014, remembered as Black Friday.

This is a do or die case for the military prosecution, which has taken its share of lumps so far.

Was the defense minister calling on his officer to rebel against the political class? Probably not, although he sounded dangerously close to saying just that.

The open rebuke was a deadly jibe at Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, who defended and supported Golan's speech and the sentiments he noted.

Earlier in the day, Netanyahu toured the southern area of the Gazan border accompanied by Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Col. Gadi Eizenkot, inspecting the Hamas tunnel uncovered by IDF forces several weeks ago.