The protest of the abductees' families together with the women's protest block the Ayalon South routes, March 14, 2024/Danor Aharon
Former Minister and Chief of Staff Moshe (Bogi) Ya'alon sharply criticized the government's conduct in the context of efforts to recover the kidnapped, while claiming that "government officials claim that they should be sacrificed." This, in an interview with 103FM, against the background of the war and the attempt to lead to another kidnapping deal
. Looking at the activities of the government and the prime minister since the beginning of the event.
At first, the issue of the abductees was ignored, there was not even anyone in the Prime Minister's Office who dealt with it since the beginning of this government's tenure.
"Only after the Chief of Staff appointed Nitzan Alon, did they build a mechanism to deal with it. Before that, they sent the families to the police, to 105 to report, no one dealt with it seriously," Ya'alon said.
According to him, "Fortunately, Nitzan Alon together with Ronan Bar, the head of the Shin Bet, and Dedi Barnea, brought a proposal to Prime Minister Netanyahu when the possibility of bringing the women and children appeared at low prices and in the end when it was brought to him with the help of Gantz and Eisenkot who then went under the stretcher, he did not He made a decision, but only after over a week.
In that time period, we lost two women.
So far we've lost 10 for sure, also from the damage of our forces.
I thought that this issue should come first."
Ya'alon on the abductees: "Government officials - claim that they should be sacrificed."
The Political-Security Cabinet/Government Press Office, Kobi Gideon
Do you have any doubt that the Prime Minister does not want to return them?
"I think the prime minister prefers his own survival, and within this government there are elements who claim that they should be sacrificed. Listen to Smotrich and Ben Gabir, Ben Gabir voted against the release of the women and children. They say this very clearly. In favor of the occupation of the Gaza Strip, the removal of the Arabs and the resettlement For the Jews, it is worth the price. The coming of the Messiah is more important than these abductees, they are an obstacle on the way, this is the reference, this is not an interpretation. I see it as present."
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"I am treating Rafah right now as a spin. If we need to go in and clean Rafah, then why haven't we gone in yet? Why have we released the reserve units? I am very afraid that a story is being built here that the Prime Minister wanted to enter Rafah and the Americans prevented him, the army was not ready, once again they are blaming the army, that's why I treat it as spin. If we have to go in, we'll go in. If we have to fight, we'll fight, but enough with this politics."
According to him, "As soon as we finished the job in the north of the Gaza Strip, we had to allow a civilian committee to manage affairs there, to maintain a situation like after the Magen Wall. I was in the Magen Wall, it took me two years to stabilize the security situation behind the Magen Wall. Four weeks of divisional activity and then activity which continues to this day. We don't control Jenin, if we need to enter Jenin, we go in. This is the situation that should be in Gaza for many years to come. The Americans told us, 'We agree with you that Hamas will not rule, we will also give you security freedom of action.'" .
"It's good that the Chief of Staff reprimanded him." Brigadier General Goldfuss/IDF spokesman
"They came with more than that, they said, 'Not only in Gaza affairs, we are coming with a regional proposal. We will create here an axis of moderate countries against the axis of Iran, Russia, Hezbollah, etc. and we will also bring Saudi Arabia, we will normalize with you. They will bring the 50 billion dollars for the reconstruction of the Strip.' We, instead of saying 'yes and these are our conditions regarding Gaza, regarding Lebanon, regarding Iran, regarding freedom of navigation in the Red Sea,' we have not yet told them 'yes,' that is why they are blowing up at us. They see us as suicides," he added.
On Brigadier General Goldfuss' storm: "It's good that the Chief of Staff reprimanded him"
Ya'alon also commented on the storm of the words of Brigadier General Dan Goldfuss: "I am not jealous of Hertz Halevi.
It is clear to him that the failure of October 7, with all that the political level, he has responsibility for - he has responsibility.
He has it, the head of Amn has it, the commanding general, the head of the Shin Bet.
They also said, 'We take responsibility' and right now they really need to be allowed to fight.
I think that the situation in which Goldfuss, who I have known personally since he was a young officer, a man of his rank and above, is also proving himself now in 'Iron Swords', if he exploded and said what he said, it means that he is making a cry."
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The former Chief of Staff also emphasized that "an officer is not allowed to criticize a political rank, so it is good that the Chief of Staff reprimanded him, but I suggest that the political rank listen to this cry. When an officer says, 'Be worthy of us,' it is a very difficult statement. There is no way that the political rank This one will take responsibility, so I think the right way is what the Americans say, 'Go to the elections.' As soon as possible and get us out of this crisis by a different leadership."
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