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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 532

Yohanan Locker

Then-IDF chief of staff Gadi EIsenkot, front left, visits a Golani Brigade exercise in the Golan Heights on Oct. 27, 2015. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
November 10, 2015, 9:03 pm
IDF cuts numbers, aims for ‘younger, slimmer’ military
Army emphasizes efficiency as new 5-year plans sees units transferring to civilian hands, career troops downsized to 40,000
By Judah Ari Gross
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a Likud faction meeting at the Knesset, on July 27, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 27, 2015, 7:11 pm
Netanyahu refuses to back state-commissioned army cutback plan
Prime minister praises Locker Report and military’s suggestions; says he will weigh both proposals and bring to cabinet vote
By ToI Staff and Mitch Ginsburg
Shlomo Twitto (c) outside the District Court in Jerusalem on July 22, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 23, 2015, 2:45 pm
Schoolhouse fire to jailhouse rock
Brothers who torched school get two years in prison, but tabloids are preoccupied with cybercrime and the IDF budget
By Ilan Ben Zion
Committee chief Maj. Gen. (res) Yohanan Locker, center, stands alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after presenting his commission's recommendations for the defense budget. (Amos Ben Gershon/ GPO)
July 22, 2015, 3:25 pm
The budget battle book
A war of words rages over a proposal to slash the IDF’s benefits for career soldiers, and the Civil Administration gets set to end a settlement freeze
By Ilan Ben Zion
Finance Minister, Moshe Kahlon (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 22, 2015, 1:39 pm
Finance minister eyes IDF budget cuts despite army outcry
Kahlon convenes treasury officials to discuss implementing recommendations, as authors defend report against military ire
By Stuart Winer
Committee chief Maj. Gen. (res) Yohanan Locker, center, stands alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after presenting his commission's recommendations for the defense budget. (Amos Ben Gershon/ GPO)
July 21, 2015, 6:30 pm
State report calls for sharp military budget cuts, angering IDF brass
Locker Commission calls for shorter mandatory army service, slashes to pensions; Ya’alon says suggested reforms are ‘imbalanced in the extreme’
By Mitch Ginsburg
Illustrative photo of IDF soldiers in Gaza during Operation Protective Edge (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
July 21, 2015, 2:22 pm
The Locker hurt
A report by an itty bitty military committee on making painful cuts in the IDF’s structure has the press excitedly gearing up for the rumble in the ‘villa in the jungle’
By Joshua Davidovich
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