Third IDF Champion: Brigadier General Orly Markman Appointed President of the Military Court of Appeals | Israel Today

Third champion in IDF history - four months since the appointment of the second champion, Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi: Brigadier General Orly Markman, Vice President of the Military Court of Appeals, was appointed President of the Court today (Sunday) and promoted to the rank of Major General. More in the presence of the President.

In this way, Markman will become the third woman ever to hold the rank of Major General in the IDF, and the second in the current General Staff forum, alongside Major General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, the Chief Military Prosecutor.

Brigadier General Markman, married to Gilad and a mother of four, will replace Major General Doron Piles, who has served in this position for the past five years.

The Judicial Military Judiciary Selection Committee also elected Colonel Maya Goldschmidt as Judge of the Military Court of Appeals today.

Col. Maya Goldschmidt, Photo: IDF Spokesman

"The committee's decision is based on Orly's professional abilities over the years," said Defense Minister Benny Gantz, who heads the committee, "and she is the right person for this sensitive and important position, as well as Maya who comes with the required experience. I am proud that another woman is entering the General Staff forum. That she will not be the last.

We will continue to promote women in all positions, including in the IDF - in the first place because this is a first-rate security need that improves the quality of the IDF and increases the supply of quality manpower available to it. "

Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi also welcomed the "worthy and important appointments," noting that the fact that the General Staff Forum will include two champions for the first time is a significant and important achievement. .

The IDF works to preserve these trends on a regular, permanent and reserve basis, and to make the most of the enormous contribution and unique skills of women in all IDF units.

Members of the Committee for the Selection of Legal Military Judges, Photo: Tal Oz, Ministry of Defense

In doing so, the committee adopted the proposal to amend the rules regarding its rules of procedure regarding the confidentiality of the committee's deliberations, and to compare them with the rules applicable in this matter in the General Judiciary Selection Committee so that minutes of hearings not dealing with candidates or personal matters Overall.

The Judicial Military Judiciary Selection Committee consists of Justice Minister Gideon Saar, Supreme Court President Justice Esther Hayut, Vice President Justice Neil Handel, Chief of Staff Kochavi, President of the Military Court of Appeals Maj. For appeals, Col. Noa Sommer, a representative of the Bar Association, Adv. Noam Laor, and the center of the committee, Lt. Col. Roi Zandani.