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There's an excellent Jersusalem Post piece about Lt.-Gen. GabiAshkenazi, the Israeli Chief of the General Staff: With Iran racing toward nuclear power, Hizbullah amassing weapons and on its way to taking over Lebanon and the cease-fire in the Gaza Strip barely holding together, Ashkenazi has plenty of challenges for the upcoming year. Brought out of retirement to replace Halutz...
A soldier who decided he was going to impress his friends now finds that he was less than successful. On Tuesday, he was sent to military jail for 21 days for his amazing insubordination, or just plain ‘chutzpah’. Last week, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. GabiAshkenazi arrived at Yad L’Banim to take part in a [...]
Via JPost: Security forces are warning of increased alerts on terrorist groups’ plans to kidnap soldiers, Channel 2 reported Thursday. IDF military police have established a special team that carries out mock abductions, and in the past week alone arrested 25 soldiers caught hitchhiking, in violation of military orders. Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. GabiAshkenazi has said in internal meetings...
... plan authorized by the Minister of Defence, Mr. Ehud Barak, and the IDF Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. GabiAshkenazi.Approximately 100 IDF checkpoints were removed in the past months in Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley. In addition, several major crossings were opened for free passage, improving the free movement of the Palestinian population. The Judea Junction crossing, which connects...
... Olmert, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, Education Minister Yuli Tamir and IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. GabiAshkenazi in protest of Israel's policy of "segregation, killing and oppression in the occupied territories".Draft Dodgers ‘Make moral choice, dodge draft’ / Meital ZurRefuseniks explain reasons behind choice to evade mandatory military serviceAs opposed to previous protests by...
... the Israeli side of the twice-annual strategic dialogue with the US, and chief of staff Lt. Gen. GabiAshkenazi in accepting this proviso. Even Poland, one officer commented, looked after its sovereignty and only signed its defense pact with the United States for the installation of missile interceptors on its Baltic coast after the Americans agreed to instruct Polish crews in their...
... the Israeli side of the twice-annual strategic dialogue with the US, and chief of staff Lt. Gen. GabiAshkenazi in accepting this proviso. Even Poland, one officer commented, looked after its sovereignty and only signed its defense pact with the United States for the installation of missile interceptors on its Baltic coast after the Americans agreed to instruct Polish crews in their...
