IDF chief upbraids general over unauthorized officers’ meeting with former PA minister

By Emanuel Fabian

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24 October 2025, 2:04 pm

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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir speaks at a ceremony at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, October 19, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir gave the head of the Military Colleges, Maj. Gen. Dan Noyman, a dressing down this morning over an unauthorized meeting officers held with a former Palestinian Authority minister as part of a field trip.

The meeting between the officers at the Command and Staff College and the former PA prisoner affairs minister Ashraf al-Ajrami took place in early September, according to the IDF.

The meeting was first reported by the far-right Channel 14 news earlier this week.

Zamir ordered Noyman to carry out an “in-depth investigation into the unauthorized conversation, and emphasized that he views the issue with severity,” the military adds.