IDF were shocked: Kochavi wants to appoint his assistant, Col. C, to senior position in the IDF • Military officials: "J does not have enough experience" • Doc: "The job has not yet opened for staffing"

• Major General Aviv Kochavi

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  Gideon Markovich

Sharon criticizes IDF chief of staff, Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi, following his intention to promote his aide, Col. C, and to appoint the head of the Brigade's Operations Division in the Brig.

In the coming weeks, Kochavi is scheduled to convene a number of officer-in-command discussions. These are appointments that will now be set, but will take effect next year. Two of the appointments are those of the Intelligence Division: Commander 8200, and as a result the head of the operating division.

As far as is known, Kochavi wants to appoint Brigadier General J. 8200, who is currently the head of the Operations Division, in place of Brigadier A, who will complete four years in office.

Y. was formerly the Intelligence Officer of the Central Command and Head of the Arena in the Research Division, and prior to that of the Division of Intelligence 91. He is considered one of the IDF's largest experts in the Northern arena in general and Hezbollah in particular, though his familiarity with 8200 is relatively limited. Head of a branch of the rank of lieutenant colonel.

For a position expected to be vacated in the operating division, in place of Y., Kochavi plans to appoint his aide, Col. J. C was the Kochavi bureau chief of the intelligence wing, and later served as the arena chief (with the rank of lieutenant colonel) in 8200, before To the rank of colonel and the head of the Northern arena in the operating division. He held this position for only a few months, before Kochavi was appointed chief of staff and appointed C as his assistant.

In the IDF, stellar intentions are now being promoted to appoint him as head of the operating division. J. is an esteemed officer, but his meteoric promotion is unprecedented: in late 2014 he was still a major, in the summer of 2018 he was already a columnist, and now Two years later, Kochavi intends to advance to the rank of Brigadier General again - three levels in less than seven years, after only serving briefly in the operating division.

The criticism of the expected appointment comes from inside and outside the intelligence department. For example, in the Army, two senior officers whose service cards are full - Col. R. who was the intelligence officer of the Southern Command and the commander of the School of Intelligence (15th Reg.), And Col. S., who was the arena's chief in the research division and now serves as the intelligence officer, Of the Northern Command - and wonder what professional background the chief of staff decides to promote a junior officer who is less experienced in their own experience.

"Outside the intelligence department, too, have wondered about the chief of staff's intention to advance his assistant and jump into the senior position." We are in agreement with the senior officer for full positions and several positions in each rank, and now an officer who has skipped all positions and ranks lightly, "said one," It gives the impression that there is a scale for all officers, and there is a scale for those close to the chief of staff. Brigadier General? "

"This is not a private organization"

It should be emphasized that the criticism is not about Col. J.'s professional ability. As mentioned, this is an officer who performed all his duties impeccably, and that may in the future fit the proposed position of head of the operating division. "The matter is not the army," said a senior official. There are rules and procedures in the IDF. It's not a private organization of anyone who does what he wants. It should be noted that Brigadier General J, who is in command of Unit 8200, is only serving for one year as head of the operating division - a much shorter period than his predecessors did.

This is not the first time a stellar personal appointment has been criticized. About a year ago, he asked to appoint Gil Messing to the position of IDF Spokesman.

Even then, the appointment caused a stir, partly because of Messing's inexperience and partial acquaintance with the IDF. In the end, Messing withdrew his candidacy after it was revealed in the Haaretz newspaper that during the investigation of the Israeli case, our house assisted the police and recorded one of the suspects in the case without his knowledge. .

The IDF spokesman responded: "The job in question has not yet been opened for staffing."

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