In Altstein's place: Gallant will appoint his own deputy to the commander of Glatz - voila! Barangay

Defense Minister Yoav Galant will replace Acting GLA Commander Galit Altstein and will appoint "his own" deputy to the station - this is what is being reported this evening (Thursday) in Khan 11. The last extension that Altstein received in her position will also end next week, and Galant actually had to choose between adopting recommendations The professional search committee that unanimously chose Radio 103 CEO Or Tselkovnik, and the appointment of an acting commander on his behalf.

With endless rounds of elections and political paralysis in the background, the military station has been running without a permanent commander since the departure of the previous commander, Shimon Elkabats, a year and a half ago.

With the establishment of the Bennett-Lapid government and the appointment of Benny Gantz as Minister of Defense, he first thought of closing the station completely.

However, (then) Ombudsperson Mandelblit stated that in order to close the station, at least a majority in the government, and possibly in the Knesset, was required.

Because of this, Gantz decided to step back and appoint Altstein, the station's former head of news, as a deputy. Later, he established a search committee that included IDF soldiers. To,

Now it is not clear what is behind Gallant's decision - whether he intends to "take time" and adopt the committee's recommendations in the future.

Another possibility that came up recently is the establishment of a re-locating committee.

Let's recall, the search committee set up by Gantz was external.

Yoav Galant (Photo: Ministry of Defense, Ariel Harmoni)

The station's commercial situation is not promising either.

In line with the instability in the management of the station, and in the background of a constant debate about its necessity and budget, the Galach stations (IDF Waves and Galgalach) continued the downward trend in 2022 and recorded in the latest TGI survey a clear annual decrease to 36.6% in January - December 2022 compared to -38.5% in the previous year. At a median level, the stations dropped from 37.3% to 36%. At an individual level, Glatz increased in the last median from an exposure rate of 19% to 19.9% ​​and Galglatz continued to decrease from 26.6% to 25.7%. From the Minister's

Office The security stated that "the issue of appointing the Gali commander of the IDF has not yet been agreed upon."

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