Chief of Staff Herzi Halevy will meet tomorrow (Tuesday) with a number of senior reserve officers in the Air Force and discuss with them the protest of reserve pilots against the reform of the justice system promoted by the government. The list of senior officials with whom the Chief of Staff will meet has not yet been determined, but a senior military official clarified that Halevy will not meet with The 37 pilots of the "Hapitish" squadron who threatened not to show up for training in protest of the government's actions.
Yesterday, 37 out of 40 reserve pilots from Squadron 69 ("The Hammers") announced that they would not show up for their scheduled training this Wednesday.
The officers of the squadron used to attack remote targets informed the heads of the Air Force and the squadron commander of their decision.
They will arrive at the base but instead of flying, they will talk to the squadron commander about their fear that in the future they might be ordered to carry out a mission that would leave them without legal protection or to do something illegal.
One of the pilots said last night in a conversation with Walla!
Because "the pilots who spoke on Friday with the commander of the Air Force said not only what they felt, but what hundreds of pilots collectively feel."
The fighter pilot also said in the reply that "there are things that bother us about the level of trust of the one giving the orders. I end up sitting in an F-16 plane with four tons of weapons and my hands are shaking. It's a kick in the stomach to hear something like this because I have to carry out the order."
Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi (photo: IDF spokesperson)
According to military officials, the Chief of Staff's decision was made after a conversation with Defense Minister Yoav Galant, who is also considering talking to a senior delegation of reserve officers from several units protesting against the legal revolution. A military official said this morning that "there is no magic answer to these protests within the IDF. Everyone is racking their brains about how to drive without intensifying the story and without ignoring it."
The source also said that "the Chief of Staff's decision is mainly to listen."
calm.
To put things in the right framework and above all to call those reserve officers serving to take the IDF out of the political debate."
Another security source said that "disappointment was registered with the conduct of the pilots who embarrassed the commander of the air force. He met with them on Friday. He heard them and understood what they were going through. He issued a letter condemning the nicknames and backing their protests as citizens. And what happened on Sunday? A small number from Squadron 69 announced that they They don't come to training."
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