Liberman: IDF chief should resign if he can't maintain military competence amid protests

Yisrael Beytenu party leader MK Avigdor Liberman says that IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi should resign if he is unable to keep up the military’s competence amid protests by reservists against the judicial overhaul.

“The chief of staff’s role always was to provide security and maintain the IDF’s competence. In today’s circumstances, this is impossible. Therefore the chief of staff must resign, he has no other choice,” Liberman says at a conference hosted by the Calcalist financial daily.

Earlier, Halevi said calls by reservists to refuse to serve in protest of the government’s plans to overhaul the judicial system cause harm to the IDF and national security.