On video: ninth consecutive Saturday of protest: tens of thousands of demonstrators across the country against the legal revolution (photo: Karin Sagi, Yael Barash, Reuven Castro)
The former air force base commander, who led the pilots' protest against the legal revolution, was dismissed from the air force today (Thursday), according to the publication of the "Ovda" program.
The pilot is Col. (res.) G, former commander of the Ramat David base in the north of Israel. A military official criticized the demonstrators in the ranks of the Air Force: "They tried to sew military ranks on civilian clothes." Last night, pilots and reserve aircrew members met with the General
Staff to Hertz Halevi and expressed to him their opposition to the continuation of reserve service, if the legal revolution passes.
The meeting with the Chief of Staff was attended by about 20 representatives of the flight squadrons, the control system and the control rooms. The officers who spoke about the situation stated that in most squadrons there is a desire to produce active actions, which in the meantime are still stopped at the level of the squadron and the representatives who sit in it.
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From the document summarizing the meeting, it emerged that the reality revealed by the pilots and aircrew members to the Chief of Staff is already affecting the situation. They mentioned the impact that the concern for flight safety already has today, and the difficult feeling of just dropping large munitions in crowded areas, in a quick jump, when there is Deep cracks in trust in the decision-makers, in the cabinet and in the manner in which the processes behind the orders will be carried out, and this is due to the explicit statements of the cabinet ministers.
Last week, dozens of reserve pilots announced that they would not show up for scheduled training in protest of the reform promoted by the government. 37 of the 40 reserve pilots in the "Hammer Squadron" announced about their intention to the air force commander and their direct commander.
Even before them, the reservist protest wave began in several different units, including intelligence, patrols, the special operations array and elite units in the land arm.
Following the protest, the Chief of Staff expressed concern in closed conversations that if the IDF enters the political debate, this will harm the percentage of showing up for reserve service for training and operational activity, and in the long run will affect the motivation of the youth to enlist.
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