In the video: the words of the commander and the commander of the day during the officer's rank awarding ceremony/photo: police spokeswoman
Without experience commanding an area or a force, and prior acquaintance with the appointed minister. Superintendent Avshalom Peled, who was chosen as a candidate for the position of Commissioner of Police by Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, will be required to know how to pass the Committee for Senior Appointments in the Civil Service, which is currently inactive due to the absence of a chairman. In the past, quite a few candidates for the position of Commissioner were disqualified due to information brought to its attention, from inside and outside the police.
In the meantime, the choice of Chief of Staff Peled, who currently holds the position of Chief of Police, did not cause surprise at the top of the organization, but sharp criticism certainly did. . Prioritizing him over more experienced and more professional candidates indicates exactly where the police are heading: closeness and flattery over professionalism and achievements."
Peled, who was appointed to the position of Chief of Staff about a year ago after Ben Gabir took office as the minister, has never commanded a police district, a significant milestone in training for the senior position. In his previous positions he served as Deputy Commander of the Jerusalem District and Commander of the Training Division.
It will be required to pass the Senior Appointments Committee. Chief Avshalom Peled/Flash 90, Miriam Alster \Flash 90
He met Ben Gabir while he was the commander of the Hebron station when he accompanied quite a few incidents of friction between Israelis and Palestinians. Peled also commanded a dedicated police unit that took part in the operation to expel residents from Gush Katif in 2005. Since he was appointed to the post of Commissioner, he has attended quite a few sensitive meetings and discussions, on behalf of the Commissioner and represented the organization.
In the race for the position of commissioner that apparently ended today, whether they explicitly stated it or were marked as such, there were district commanders in the police, among them, from the central police station, Avi Biton, from the Jerusalem police station, Doron Turgeman, from the police station Superintendent Uzi Levy. On the way, Superintendent Yoram Sofer, currently a projector for the fight against crime in the Arab society on behalf of Minister Ben Gabir, was also injured. If the fort falls, we will soon see retirement notices of senior officials in the organization, as is customary in changing commissioners.
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A black cloud looms over Peled. As revealed in "Haaretz", Peled was investigated by the Ministry of Defense in 2015 on suspicion of breach of trust and abuse of official power. The case was eventually closed and the recommendation not to be promoted was rejected by the Commissioner at the time, Roni Elshich, and Peled remained in the organization.
This is an investigation that was conducted against the head of the Yehuda Headquarters Council Moshe Dadon for public corruption offenses during which the investigators were exposed to a recording of a conversation between Peled, who already held a senior position in the police, asking Dadon to prepare a construction offense for him in one of the council's seats. In exchange for this, Dadon asked Peled to promote one of his acquaintances to a position in the police. The materials were forwarded to the National Investigation Agency, which opened an investigation, but in the end the case was closed when it was recommended that he not be promoted, however Commissioner Alsheich chose to reject the recommendation and even promoted Peled a rank.
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