Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government reportedly attack former IDF deputy chief of staff Yair Golan for saying last week that elected officials speak negatively about public servants who are then not allowed to respond, saying that he should not be expressing his views on the matter in public.
During the cabinet meeting, ministers said that IDF officers are invited and permitted to express their professional opinions within closed forums, but that they must not express views on the political echelon while serving in the military, according to Hebrew media reports.
They are said to have specifically named Golan as an example of such behavior.
Former IDF deputy chief of staff Maj. Gen. (res.) Yair Golan addresses the Washington Institute’s 2017 Zeev Schiff Memorial Lecture on September 10, 2017. (Courtesy)
“Elected officials make a habit of mistreating public servants, those who are not elected and cannot respond and speak. It’s an obscene practice,” Golan told 103FM radio station last Thursday.
In the same interview, Golan said that Naftali Bennett “weakens the army and the State of Israel,” in response to the education minister’s claim that the army was too concerned with the legalities of war to fight effectively.
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