Chief of Staff: "The IDF is subject to the political level, but the decision on the investigation is an operational necessity"/Niv Aharonson
Chief of Staff Hertzi Halevi has decided to soon hold senior appointment discussions in the army, but not everyone thinks this is a good idea. Senior reserve officers are criticizing the decision, and claim: it is not possible to appoint the next generation of IDF commanders before the investigation into the IDF's failure begins on October 7. In addition, the officers are even calling on the Minister of Defense to reexamine appointments that were agreed upon even before the war.
"There is no problem with appointing lieutenant colonels.
It's still tactical grade.
But to choose sub-generals, who will be in the commanders' generation group from which they will choose the next generals?
This is not the right step," said one of the senior officers and added: "The investigation into the circumstances of the failure on October 7 has not yet officially begun, so how can it be that the same Chief of Staff who was responsible for the failure is the one who will appoint the next commanders of the IDF?
The ones who are supposed to fix what failed?
Especially since they don't even know who is directly responsible within the military system.
It's called conception upon conception upon conception.
There must be a change."
"The Minister of Defense must intervene in the Chief of Staff's decision and stop the appointment of the commanders and even more than that - discuss the appointments that were already agreed upon before the war until their part, if any, in the failure that preceded October 7 and the events of the war is clarified," says another officer , is also a senior in the reserves. "There are quite a few controversial events that the Chief of Staff cannot ignore right now."
It should be noted that similar criticism is also heard among the top of the army, and senior officials said in closed conversations that the Chief of Staff is committed to extra transparency regarding the deployment discussions, since in the background, the army's investigations regarding some of those involved will soon be conducted in the background, at the same time as the State Comptroller's inspection.
Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi/IDF Spokesman
These things come in the background of the words of the Chief Military Prosecutor, Yifat Tomer Yerushalmi, about "incidents that go beyond the disciplinary sphere, and cross the criminal threshold" of the IDF forces
. the commands.
Included in this are inappropriate statements, which encourage improper phenomena, operationally unjustified use of force, including against detainees, looting, which includes the use or taking of private property for no operational purpose, and destruction of civilian property contrary to orders." The
Chief Military Prosecutor further emphasized that "these actions and statements.
On the part of individuals who do not represent the whole, are opposed to the IDF being a professional, moral and state army and their place will not be recognized in the IDF."
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