The Chief of the Israeli Army, Eyal Zamir, announced on Monday the appointment of almost thirty military in new positions conditioned to the acceptance of the Minister of Defense, Israel Katz, who has affirmed hours before he would not accept them, accusing the military leader of undertaking the conversations in this regard without coordination or prior agreement To name these charges.
“The meeting on the endowment of personnel held by the Chief of the General Staff was held against the instructions of the Minister of Defense and without coordination or previous agreement, which means a violation of the established procedure. Therefore, the Minister of Defense does not intend to discuss or approve the appointments or names that have been published,” said Katz, according to the Israeli Canal Arutz Sheva They have echoed media like ‘Times of Israel’. “The Chief of the General Staff must previously coordinate with the Minister of Defense before discussing these or other future appointments,” he added.
On the other hand, the Israel Defense Forces (FDI) have published another statement in which Zamir insists that “the discussion was scheduled in advance” and emphasizes that “it is the only competent authority in matters of regulations to appoint the commanders with rank of colonel or higher in the IDF.” “The minister has the authority to approve or reject them,” he also recalled.
Among the appointments, detailed in a statement from the army itself on its website, highlights the positions assigned to the Brigadier General Manny Liberty, which so far commanded the military intelligence of operations and passes to the 98th division, also the general of Brigad and engineers, respectively. In addition, Colonel Liron Betito “will lead the Gaza division.”
“This is a discussion about the staffing, whose nucleus are the operational functions on the field for which the commanders of the field brigades were appointed who have commanded and directed since the outbreak of the war in several operations areas,” says this statement.
The designations have occurred just three days after the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, announced the approval in his safety cabinet of his plans for the occupation of the city of Gaza and the “security control” of the enclave, a measure that has been rejected by the UN, by NGO and by countries around the world, in addition to the authorities in the Gazordan and Bank Strip.
