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Friday, April 8, 2022
Kohavi criticized for inviting media to cover address with soldiers at West Bank base
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IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi (right) listens as a soldier addresses him at the Ofer military base in the West Bank on April 7, 2022. (Screen capture/ Channel 12)
IDF chief of staff Aviv Kohavi is visiting the Ofer military base in the West Bank where he addresses soldiers about the escalating security situation before they eat Shabbat night dinner.
Kohavi’s office invited media to cover the event live in what was apparently meant to broadcast a message of security to Israelis watching at home, but the Kan public broadcaster points out that it comes hours after the IDF signed onto a joint letter to news networks blasting them for turning last night’s attack into a reality TV show.
Moreover, there are religious soldiers in the crowd who are being filmed on the Sabbath without their consent.
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