Israel Police Commissioner Daniel Levy has appointed his assistant as the next chief of the force’s spokesperson unit, in a move that has seen the officer rise through the ranks at an unusually fast pace.
Cdr. Lior Abudarham will be promoted to the rank of assistant commissioner upon entering the role, a police statement says.
Abudarham was a superintendent just three years ago and was only recently appointed as Levy’s assistant.
This means that the officer will have been promoted three times in under three years, the equivalent of a major in the military being fast-tracked to brigadier general.
Police sources cited by the Maariv daily say that Abudarham’s fast promotion is “unprecedented.”
The paper says some police sources have linked the fast promotions to Abudarham’s close ties with National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir.
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