IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Yair Golan stresses the importance of courage “in the face of different opinions” in his speech to a graduating class of Ground Forces officers.
Golan, who sparked controversy earlier this year when he seemingly compared Israel to pre-Nazi Germany, speaks at the graduation ceremony for the 45th Ground Forces’ officers training course at the IDF’s Bahad 1 base in the Negev desert.
“Be courageous in the face of enemy fire, in the face of different opinions, in the face of the majority view,” he says.
“For a military person, courage is not an issue of choice, but one of supreme obligation. Create in your environment an air of fairness, in which clear rules and uniform norms reign,” Golan says.
— Judah Ari Gross
Deputy IDF Chief of Staff Yair Golan arrives at a farewell ceremony for former defense minister Moshe Ya’alon at army headquarters in Tel Aviv on May 22, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
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