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Lawfare (blog)
January 5, 2018
... a directive to the Israel Defense Force to prepare optional plans for a direct aerial attack on Iran's nuclear installations. In 2010, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Barak and then- Minister of Foreign Affairs (and current Minister of Defense) Avigdor Lieberman, ordered IDF Chief of Staff Gaby AshkenaziÃÂ ...
Haaretz
January 2, 2018
Eisenkot also responded to recent remarks by Ehud Barak, the former prime minister and IDF chief of staff, in which Barak warned about the future prospect of senior army officers refusing orders. Speaking in the Jordan Valley about two weeks ago, Barak said: “The attempt to implement the one-stateÃÂ ...
i24NEWS
January 1, 2018
The chief of staff and the top command were forced to curb a blatant and unprecedented attempt to dictate a political agenda and a new set of moral and social values on them and on them army, which differ from the values adopted by the IDF upon its establishment in 1948. Had the IDF adopted thisÃÂ ...
Forward
December 28, 2017
The letter, published on Thursday in the Hebrew-language daily Yediot Acharonot, was addressed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Education Minister Naftali Bennett and IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot. “The army implements the policy of a racist governmentÃÂ ...
TheTower.org
December 1, 2017
The Chief of the Defense Staff of the British Armed Forces, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach, arrived in Israel Thursday for talks with IDF Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Gadi Eisenkot. A spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces said, “Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach and Lieutenant General Gadi ...
Haaretz
October 27, 2017
On Wednesday, in a well-timed leak, the IDF “outed” Munir Ali Naim Shati, ... In the meantime, it turns out that the chief of staff of the Lebanese ...
Haaretz
October 7, 2017
Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman sits next to IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot during a visit to a military exercise, September 12, 2017.
Haaretz
October 6, 2017
The second is the temptation to be part of the IDF's high-tech .... Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot set a goal ...
Al-Monitor
September 28, 2017
IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot commuted the sentence of Hebron shooter Elor Azaria, not as a sign of pardon but for Israeli society to heal.
Haaretz
December 31, 1999
IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot at a memorial event for the Givati Brigade, July Chief of Staff Eisenkot. The top brass have refused to learn a ...
Haaretz
December 31, 1999
Over the past few months, Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot has devoted many hours to the legal fate of a single soldier, Pvt.
Haaretz
December 31, 1999
Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman sits next to IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot during a visit to a military exercise, September 12, 2017.
Haaretz
December 31, 1999
Today's air force offers the IDF and the State of Israel capabilities that in ... Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz,ÃÂ ...
TheTower.org
March 29, 2017
IDF Chief of Staff Gen. Gadi Eisenkot described the barrier as "the largest project" ever undertaken in Israel's military history.
Forward
March 29, 2017
Channel 2 reported last week that IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot promised in a meeting with religious-Zionist rabbis that the military would increase the separation of men and women in areas such as sleeping quarters, bathrooms and battalions at the ...
JerusalemOnline
March 27, 2017
This morning (Monday), fallen and missing IDF soldier Oron Shaul's family filed a Supreme Court petition against the IDF's Chief of Staff, Manpower Directorate Commander and Chief Rabbi. The family is demanding that they receive the IDF RabbinicalÃÂ ...
World Israel News
March 22, 2017
IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot said that Hamas' underground tunnel network does not pose an existential threat to the Jewish state.
JerusalemOnline
March 22, 2017
IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot told Israeli lawmakers today that the terror tunnel threat "is not a strategical threat or existential threat" and that the public should not be overly concerned about it.
Breaking Israel News
March 20, 2017
IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot said Sunday that Israel's next war would be fought against Hezbollah, the Lebanese terror group that currently operates in in the Bekaa Valley, the southern suburbs of Beirut and southern Lebanon, adjacent to the ...
TheTower.org
February 23, 2017
Also on Wednesday, IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot told the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that although Hezbollah was gaining operational experience fighting in support of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria, it was suffering from aÃÂ ...
Jewish Journal
February 22, 2017
Former IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz, for example, acknowledges that Israel's adversaries are well-armed and that fresh attacks are unpredictable but inevitable.
Honestreporting.com
February 13, 2017
... this have to do with the issue of settlements as brought up by Keane? Absolutely nothing. Aus embassy workshop today: good hearing from fmr IDF chief of staff Gantz on trends, challenges, scenarios on Israel's northern border. pic.twitter.com ...
Hurriyet Daily News
February 9, 2017
... the director-general of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, Yuval Rotem, came to Ankara for the first Turkey-Israel bilateral dialogue meeting following six years of rupture.
TheTower.org
February 8, 2017
... million underground barrier along its border with Gaza in September to prevent more Hamas tunnels from breaching Israeli territory.
International Middle East Media Center
February 8, 2017
After the footage of the Hebron shooting incident went public, we appealed to the IDF Chief of Staff. By suggesting a detailed analysis of the relationship between settlers and the IDF, supplemented by a collection of testimonies that touch on the ...
JerusalemOnline
February 7, 2017
IDF Chief of Staff's aide appointed as IDF Spokesperson. Approximately a month after former IDF Spokesperson Moti Almoz was promoted to Head of the Personnel Directorate, the Chief of General Staff announced that his aide will become the new IDFÃÂ ...
JerusalemOnline
February 6, 2017
IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot appeared today (Sunday) for the first time since undergoing his surgery to remove a malignant tumor.
RT
February 5, 2017
The following month, IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot argued there was an urgent need to close the gap in the area to prevent some 50,000-60,000 Palestinians from entering Israel illegally daily.
JerusalemOnline
February 2, 2017
Two weeks ago, classified information was stolen from an IDF colonel's vehicle. After being suspended, IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot decided along with the Northern Command Chief to allow the colonel to return to his former position. However, he ...
Forward
February 2, 2017
Buchris reportedly was on a shortlist of potential candidates for IDF chief of staff down the line. As commander of the Golani Brigade from 2010 to 2012, Buchris is suspected of having raped and sexually abused one of the soldiers; the second soldier ...
http://hamodia.com
January 25, 2017
Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon along with IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz both opposed attacking Hamas. Bennett demanded that the IDF reduce the threat of Hamas on Israelis once and for all, and he found support among other ministers, including YuvalÃÂ ...
JerusalemOnline
January 25, 2017
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman decided today to transform the IDF Radio into an Israeli Defense Ministry Unit. The discussion was held following a request by IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizencot so that the IDF can focus on core missions.
+972 Magazine
January 22, 2017
The heads of Myanmar's army had a shopping spree with the Israeli security industries, even meeting with the president and the Chief of Staff. Despite ongoing war crimes, Israel continues to maintain extensive security ties with the South East Asian ...
TheTower.org
December 15, 2016
In its latest effort to prepare for its next war against Israel, the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas has started to surveil Israeli communities and track IDF movements near the Gaza Strip with drones and camera-equipped kites, Ynet reported Thursday ...
Israel Today
December 12, 2016
Alkana Cohen wrote in an open letter to the IDF Chief-of-Staff that he will most likely not show up next time he is called for reserved duty.
Haaretz
December 12, 2016
The Israel Defense Force Spokesman said the delay was caused by severe weather and fog at Italy's Cameri air base as well as American safety restrictions.
The Economist
December 8, 2016
Religious Israelis have been making up a growing number of the soldiers in the Israel Defence Forces' (IDF) elite units for years now.
TheTower.org
December 6, 2016
In September, Israel began constructing a $530 million underground barrier along its border with Gaza to prevent more Hamas tunnels from breaching Israeli territory.
Breaking Israel News
December 4, 2016
A lot has changed in Israel's public opinion since February 1, 2006, when an overwhelming force of 10,000 Police, Border Guard and IDF troops pounced on the community of Amona in Samaria to carry out Supreme Court demolition and eviction facing an ...
DefenseNews.com
November 8, 2016
Ami Shafran, a former director of the IDF General Staff's C4I Division, serves on the Evigilo board of directors. He noted that Evigilo capabilities have been proven to save lives in Israel - where its Personal Alert system operated reliably over 50 ...
Al-Monitor
November 7, 2016
The announcement Nov. 3 that the Chief of the Northern Command Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi would be appointed deputy chief of staff caught Israel's security establishment and media by surprise. It was thought that Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot andÃÂ ...
DefenseNews.com
November 7, 2016
TEL AVIV - When the Lebanese militant organization, Hezbollah, joined the fight on behalf of Syrian President Bashar Assad pretty much from the beginning of the Syrian civil war, the professional military assessment from Israel was essentially: Have ...
JerusalemOnline
November 1, 2016
IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot announced the project, which was approved by Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman. The IDF hopes to help around 40,000 former soldiers every year and then extend the project to former non-combat soldiers inÃÂ ...
http://hamodia.com
October 30, 2016
YERUSHALAYIM - Pension payouts to retiring IDF soldiers have been ballooning to amounts far exceeding budgetary limits without the knowledge of either the Finance Ministry of the Chief of Staff, according to a report from the State Comptroller, Globes ...
Haaretz
October 29, 2016
They were conferred by the IDF chief of staff at the time, Mordechai Gur, on the approval of then-Defense Minister Shimon Peres.
http://hamodia.com
October 28, 2016
IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkott meets with the Russian army Chief of Staff, Valery Grasimov (R.), during a visit to Moscow, Russia, in 2015.
Globes
October 28, 2016
Shapira found that the Chief of Staff's additions to the pensions for permanent army retirees averaged no less than 8.8% in 2015, and that 64% of IDF retirees received increases of 7% or more from the Chief of Staff - a higher estimate than the one ...
http://hamodia.com
October 27, 2016
YERUSHALAYIM - After a lengthy investigation, an indictment was handed down Thursday against Boaz Harpaz, a former IDF officer who was a close friend and confidante to former IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi. Harpaz was indicted for forgery overÃÂ ...
+972 Magazine
October 24, 2016
The heroes of Qibya belonged to Unit 101, which was active between August and December 1953. Those five months were enough for IDF Chief of Staff Moshe Dayan to write: "101's activity was excellent. Its accomplishments were an example for the rest ofÃÂ ...
Jewish Chronicle
October 14, 2016
The IDF Widows and Orphans Organisation was due to hold ceremonies for 45 youngsters, followed by a festive meal attended by President Reuven Rivlin and IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot. "This isn't just a day but a very significant year, and the ...
