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Tuesday, May 10, 2016
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Tuesday, May 10, 2016
IDF chief urges public to support IDF amid controversy
In his Memorial Day remarks, IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot urges Israelis to rally around the IDF.
Soldiers must know “the nation entirely supports them and is entirely behind them even when there are arguments,” Eisenkot says, referring to recent controversy over a comparison made by the IDF deputy chief between Israel and pre-WWII Europe, and ongoing debate over the manslaughter indictment of an IDF soldier who shot dead a disarmed Palestinian stabber in Hebron.
“Unity is not necessarily agreement,” says the IDF chief.
“Even when there are differences, the public’s trust in the IDF is essential for us to achieve our goals,” he says.
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