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Deputy IDF Chief of Staff Yair Golan in August 2015. (Gefen Reznik/IDF Spokesperson)
November 26, 2018, 10:07 am
IDF chief reprimands former deputy for slamming Bennett – report
Ministers also censure outgoing general Yair Golan, who said the education minister was ‘weakening’ the state by attacking the military
By TOI staff
Deputy IDF Chief of Staff Yair Golan in August 2015. (Gefen Reznik/IDF Spokesperson)
November 25, 2018, 4:33 pm
Cabinet said to slam senior IDF officer for public criticism of Bennett
Ministers reportedly berate former deputy chief of staff Yair Golan after he says education minister ‘weakens the army and State of Israel’
By TOI staff
IDF Military Intelligence Director Major General Aviv Kochavi, August 08, 2013. (photo credit: FLASH90)
October 26, 2018, 11:53 am
Liberman names pick for next IDF chief: Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi
Current IDF deputy chief of staff must be approved by vetting committee, government before he can replace Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot next year
By Judah Ari Gross
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting of his Yisrael Beytenu party at the Knesset on June 18, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 30, 2018, 11:38 am
Liberman says he’s chosen next IDF chief and deputy, but stays mum on names
‘I searched for someone who would talk to me in terms of decisiveness and victory’ and not ‘legal ramifications,’ defense minister says
By Michael Bachner
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, center, raises a toast with the IDF General Staff at the army's Tel Aviv headquarters on April 16, 2018, in honor of Israel's upcoming Independence Day this week. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
August 16, 2018, 3:45 pm
Defense Ministry working to speed up IDF chief selection, slowed by High Court
Petitions against two members of the government’s vetting committee make it unlikely Liberman will replace Eisenkot by next year
By Judah Ari Gross
A man walks past a poster criticizing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu near his residence in Jerusalem, as police investigators arrive to question him on corruption allegations, July 10, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 15, 2018, 1:50 pm
Israeli democracy isn’t broken, but it is under assault
Minorities are worried, their supporters are besmirched, key hierarchies are undermined, and our most hostile critics are empowered
By David Horovitz
Outgoing deputy chief of staff Maj. Gen. Yair Golan, left, shakes hands with IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot at a ceremony in the army's Tel Aviv headquarters on May 11, 2017. (Israel Defense Forces)
August 13, 2018, 4:08 pm
Defense minister, army slam campaign against IDF chief hopeful Golan
Families of fallen soldiers denounce candidate over remarks comparing trends in Israel to Nazi Germany and calling for troops to take risks to protect Palestinian civilians
By Judah Ari Gross
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (l) and IDF Deputy Chief of the Staff Major General Yair Golan at a ceremony marking Israel's Memorial Day in Tel Aviv on May 1, 2017. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
August 12, 2018, 11:14 pm
Bereaved families to Liberman: Don’t appoint Yair Golan as IDF chief
Former deputy head of the army once compared trends in Israeli society to Nazi Germany, said soldiers must take risks to avoid harming Palestinian civilians
By TOI staff
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (R) meets with IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot (L) on May 31, 2016 (Ariel Harmoni/Defense Ministry)
July 26, 2018, 8:15 pm
Liberman says selection of next IDF chief to begin next week
Six-stage process to conclude at end of 2018 with appointment of successor to Eisenkot; Maj.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi seen as leading candidate
By Michael Bachner
Kurdish protesters demonstrate with placards reading "No to dictatorship" and the portrait of the leader of the Kurdistan PKK Workers' Party, Abdullah Ocalan in the city center of Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on March 18, 2017. (AFP Photo/dpa/Boris Roessler)
September 13, 2017, 12:54 am
Rebuffing former top general, Netanyahu says Kurdish PKK a terror group
PM chides Turkey for not recognizing Hamas as a terror group in kind, expresses support for Kurdish independence
By Joshua Davidovich and Agencies
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)
September 10, 2017, 10:52 am
Israel would need US military help to confront Iran, ex-deputy IDF chief says
Yair Golan says IDF ‘must know its limitations’ if it hopes to score a meaningful victory over the Islamic Republic
By Tamar Pileggi
Deputy IDF Chief of Staff Yair Golan in August 2015. (Gefen Reznik/IDF Spokesperson)
July 11, 2017, 5:56 pm
Outgoing general defends his controversial Holocaust Remembrance Day speech
In exit interview, IDF No. 2 Yair Golan says he was shocked by backlash last year when he compared Israeli societal trends to those of pre-WWII Germany
By Judah Ari Gross
Incoming Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi shakes hands with IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot at a ceremony in the army's Tel Aviv headquarters on May 11, 2017. (Israel Defense Forces)
May 11, 2017, 7:07 pm
Aviv Kochavi takes over from Yair Golan as IDF deputy chief
Muni Katz replaces Tal Russo as head of mysterious Depth Corps; Liberman says army’s ‘human element’ has no parallel
By Judah Ari Gross
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Cybertech Israel Conference and Exhibition, in Tel Aviv on January 31, 2017. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
April 26, 2017, 5:44 pm
Israeli cyber authority says it stopped ‘major’ hacking attack
Details released by PM’s office days after defense and intelligence heads reportedly slammed the contentious National Cyber Authority
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Cybertech Israel Conference and Exhibition, in Tel Aviv on January 31, 2017. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
April 24, 2017, 10:22 pm
Security chiefs slam Netanyahu over planned cyber defense body
Defense and intelligence heads say powers given National Cyber Authority ‘too broad,’ could harm state security
By Jacob Magid
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