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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 425

IDF chief of staff

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, left, talks with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant during a discussion and vote on the state budget at the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem, May 23, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 18, 2024, 11:00 am
Gallant said to slam Smotrich for attacks on IDF chief: ‘You are harming security’
Defense minister reportedly responds to finance minister’s attempts to thwart Halevi from making senior IDF appointments; FM Katz: ‘The cabinet is not intervening’
By ToI Staff
FILE: Incoming Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Defense Yoav Galant at the awarding of ranks ceremony at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, January 16, 2023. (Alex Kolomoisky/POOL
August 15, 2023, 12:50 pm
Daily Briefing Aug 15: Why the PM won’t speak up for top IDF brass but will for women
Zman Yisrael editor Biranit Goren and senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur dive into the increasing tensions between Netanyahu and IDF officials; why gender segregation is on the rise
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Herzi Halevi's wife, Sharon award the incoming IDF chief with the rank of lieutenant general at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, January 16, 2023. (Alex Kolomoisky/POOL)
January 16, 2023, 9:29 am
Herzi Halevi formally takes over as chief of staff, vows to keep politics out of IDF
Israel’s 23rd army chief sworn in at Prime Minister’s Office before series of appearances in Jerusalem, as he succeeds Aviv Kohavi at a time of turmoil for the military
By Emanuel Fabian
Incoming IDF chief of staff Herzi Halevi is seen during a ceremony at the IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv, January 1, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
January 15, 2023, 9:12 pm
Herzi Halevi takes reins of IDF as it marches into political minefield
Former leader of Southern Command and Military Intelligence will have to battle rising violence, along with government’s plans to restructure military authority in the West Bank
By Emanuel Fabian
An undated photo of Maj. Gen. Amir Baram. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 24, 2022, 10:06 pm
Maj. Gen. Amir Baram named as deputy to new IDF chief Halevi
Former Northern Command head selected by defense minister, following recommendations by outgoing and incoming army heads
By Emanuel Fabian
Incoming IDF chief of staff Maj. Gen Herzi Halevi (left) is seen with Prime Minister Yair Lapid, in an image published October 23, 2022. (Haim Zach/GPO)
October 23, 2022, 11:59 am
Cabinet confirms Herzi Halevi as Israeli army’s 23rd chief of staff
Current IDF deputy head to take up post on January 17, when outgoing top soldier Aviv Kohavi’s tenure ends
By Emanuel Fabian
IDF Southern Command chief Maj. Gen. Herzi Halevi in an undated photograph. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 18, 2022, 4:54 pm
Vetting panel okays Herzi Halevi as next IDF chief, but government vote still needed
Current deputy head expected to take up post in January, when Kohavi’s tenure ends; Gantz says cabinet approval likely to take place Sunday
By Emanuel Fabian
Portrait of former Supreme Court Deputy President Justice Elyakim Rubinstein at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, September 14, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
September 28, 2022, 9:28 pm
Former justice Rubinstein selected to lead vetting panel for new IDF chief
Retired Supreme Court judge appointed temporary chair of senior appointments committee for sole purpose of reviewing Herzi Halevi’s candidacy for chief of staff
By Jeremy Sharon
Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg at a court hearing against the appointment of Meni Mazuz as chairman of the Senior Appointments Advisory Committee, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, September 21, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 22, 2022, 8:29 pm
High Court nixes vetting panel head, imperiling bid to appoint new IDF chief
Attorney general had sought to install Menahem Mazuz as permanent chair of the Senior Appointments Advisory Committee, despite looming elections
By Jeremy Sharon
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, May 29, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 15, 2022, 7:06 pm
Amid dispute, AG insists Mazuz must get permanent appointment to vetting panel
Opponents say interim government shouldn’t be allowed to make such key appointment; Gali Baharav-Miara says installing judge temporarily could erode committee’s independence
By ToI Staff
Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg during a Supreme Court hearing, July 18, 2022. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
September 7, 2022, 11:51 pm
High Court slams brakes on new IDF chief appointment amid vetting panel controversy
Noting government’s caretaker status, justices question why former top judge Mazuz, selected to lead appointments committee, shouldn’t get a temporary posting only
By Jeremy Sharon
Maj. Gen. Herzi Halevi, the then-commander of the IDF Southern Command, speaks during a conference in Jerusalem on March 7, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 4, 2022, 2:37 pm
Herzi Halevi, Kohavi’s deputy, named as next IDF chief of staff
Defense minister chooses frontrunner candidate, who led Southern Command through several rounds of fighting and headed Military Intelligence; will take up post in January
By Emanuel Fabian
Supreme Court Justice Meni Mazuz at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on March 22, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
August 14, 2022, 5:36 pm
Menachem Mazuz made head of senior appointments panel, over right-wing objections
Interior Minister Shaked fails to block former AG and Supreme Court justice; move has raised intense ire in opposition
By Jeremy Sharon and Ash Obel
A father photographs his son against a Russian missile in Old Kyiv, July 21, 2022. (Lazar Berman/The Times of Israel)
July 25, 2022, 1:58 pm
Daily Briefing July 25: Israel’s government still at work; touring tanks in Ukraine
Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur on what a dissolved government does while awaiting elections; Lazar Berman, on location in Ukraine, puts 400 years of Russian relations in context
By ToI Staff
IDF chief Aviv Kohavi meets with members of the Moroccan Jewish community at the Slat al-Azama Synagogue, July 20, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 21, 2022, 12:35 am
Between security briefings, IDF chief meets Jewish community in Marrakesh
In remarks after attending services at local synagogue, Kohavi highlights Israel-Morocco ‘special connection, shared heritage’ meets with locals who fought in Yom Kippur War
By Emanuel Fabian
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