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Amid protests, IDF chief tells pilots: I know you’ll always show up when called
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
IDF chief Herzi Halevi speaks at a pilots graduation ceremony at Hatzerim Air Base, June 29, 2023. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
Military chief Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi tells graduating pilots that he trusts they will always answer when duty calls, as many reservists have threatened not to show up for service as the government advances the judicial overhaul.
“You are finishing this course today, after a long and complex training period. You are taking off on missions for the next thirty years, during which you will fly in the standing army, and in reserves, and I know that you will always show up when called upon to defend the country. This is the principle on which the IDF was founded,” Halevi says.
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