We are not satisfied with a warning in the closed conversation:
criticism in the defense establishment of Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi for not speaking decisively publicly on the subject of the reservists' refusal and concern about the legal reform. This, despite the conversation he held this weekend with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Although Halevy took office only seven weeks ago, he does not have the privilege of continuing to remain silent in the face of the threat to the IDF's operational capacity. There are those at the top of the security establishment who believe that Colonel Halevy should make decisive public statements, as mentioned above - on the one hand, they will condemn the refusals and the failure to report to the reserves, on the other hand, will reflect the seriousness of the situation to the political level above it.
As a reminder, earlier it was reported that Chief of Staff Halevy spoke a few days ago with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and expressed his concern regarding the effect of the reservists' protest on the IDF.
Galant's office, the IDF spokesman, and the Prime Minister's office refused to comment on the matter. However, officials in the defense establishment who are familiar with the details, stated that in our world, if there is no publicity for these moves, and if there is no clarification to the public regarding the Chief of Staff's position on the issue, then these things never happened.
Anyone who knows Colonel Halevi knows that he is not a fan of media statements, and if it were up to him, he would prefer to deal with problems within the army, internally, and not make public statements. However, in recent days, the deep social divide threatens to damage his competence and operational capacity of the IDF, since dozens of fighter pilots in Mil who declare that they will no longer come to training - threaten the operational capacity of the army.
If the fighter pilots in the military actually carry out their threat and do not attend their weekly qualification training, the IDF will find it very difficult to continue its operational activities across the borders.
The members of the air crew in the RS know this, and some will say that they are taking advantage of their importance in order to prevent the political move, which they claim, threatens the State of Israel as a democratic state.
Many of them are active participants in the demonstrations held every week, but some took the protest against the legal reform one step further and announced that they no longer intend to continue in reserve service.
It started with some senior pilots, some of whom announced that they would continue to come to the flight school to train the pilot course trainees, but would not agree to serve as attack cell leaders.
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