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Topic: Gadi Eisenkot

January 6, 2013
4:00 pm

Chief of General Staff Gabi Ashkenazi with Defense Minister Ehud Barak, near Gaza, in 2008 (photo credit: David Buimovitch-JINIPIX/Flash90)

Watchdog finds hostility, mistrust and paralysis at top of Israel’s security establishment

Harpaz investigation, which could now prompt criminal charges, shows utter breakdown of relations between former IDF chief and defense minister in 2009-11, faults Barak but lays principal blame with Ashkenazi and his top aide; Netanyahu rapped for not intervening

By Mitch Ginsburg

December 10, 2012
3:27 pm

Arab MK Hanin Zoabi (Balad) attends a hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem to plead for the return of her diplomatic passport, which was taken away due to her participation in the 2012 flotilla to Gaza (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Defensive positions

Soldiers attack their commanders’ orders to stand down, and one MK may have to fight in order to run for the Knesset

By Ilan Ben Zion

March 14, 2012
8:45 pm

A successful missile interception by Iron Dome (photo credit: Ministry of Defense/Flash 90)

Chinks remain in Israel’s air defense armor, despite Iron Dome

Analysis: Success of rocket interceptions this week should not obscure Israel’s vulnerability to other Iran-related missiles, flying at different speeds on different trajectories

By Mitch Ginsburg