Halutz then slams President Isaac Herzog for contributing âto the creation of the illusion that there is a possibility of resolving this crisis.â
âWe are at the core of an unprecedented crisis of distrust between the majority of Israeli citizens and the leadership that governs us. Benjamin Netanyahu is not the solution, he is the problem,â Halutz adds.
Comparing the current climate to âthe eve of the Yom Kippur War,â a highly traumatic event for Israel, the signatories said they were âholding up a bright red stop sign in front of you and your government.â
The signatories include former IDF chiefs Ehud Barak, Moshe Yaâalon and Dan Halutz; former Mossad heads Nahum Admoni, Efraim Halevy, Shabtai Shavit, Danny Yatom and Tamir Pardo; former Shin Bet directors Carmi Gillon, Yuval Diskin and Nadav Argaman; several former police commissioners and prison service leaders; and many former military generals.
The petition, filed on April 19, 2023, is supported by a number of former political and military leaders, including former Chief of Staff Dan Halutz.
The Supreme Courtâs decision comes amid Netanyahuâs attempts to bring about changes to the judiciary, even though he is on trial in three criminal cases.
Attorney General Ghali Bharav Miara warned Netanyahu last March against interfering in amendments to the judiciary, as he is prohibited from doing so due to his appearance in corruption cases.
The petition was filed by 39 senior figures from various fields, including Israel Defense Forces former Chief- of-Staff Dan Halutz.
On Thursday afternoon, it was announced that the High Court agreed to hear the petition.
Negotiating teams will meet next week at the Presidentâs Residence in Jerusalem to begin dialogue over the laws of the proposed judicial overhaul. This will be the first time the sides will discuss the details of the laws submitted to the Knesset, with previous meetings having focused on technical issues.
Several speakers at the protests called on opposition leaders to halt the negotiations, among them former IDF Chief of Staff Dan Halutz, who addressed the central demonstration in Tel Aviv.
(08.11.2007)
âEs ist offensichtlich.., daĂ das eine wagemutige Rettungsaktion der Air Force fĂŒr einen Piloten in Not warâ, höhnte die konservative Ynet am Samstag in Anspielung auf den ex-Piloten Halutz.
âSonst kann man in diesem grotesken Berg von nichtssagenden Details, inhaltslosen SchluĂfolgerungen, plumpen ErklĂ€rungen und bombastischem Blödsinn weder Sinn oder Logik findenâ, so Ynet.
Hatte sich die Armee-Untersuchung doch immerhin zu der ErklĂ€rung genötigt gesehen, der AbschuĂ von simplen Katyusha Raketen oder die Zerstörung ihrer AbschuĂbasen durch die Luftwaffe hĂ€tte deswegen nicht stattgefunden, weil âdas Ausschalten der Bedrohung von Katyusha Raketen nicht als Kampfziel definiert warâ.
Nun aber mal angenommen, es hĂ€tte nie die Absicht bestanden, die israelische Zivilbevölkerung vor den Raketen zu beschĂŒtzen, denn ohne zivile Opfer kein entsprechender Leidensdruck gerade auch in der deutschen Ăffentlichkeit, die man ja mit dem Motto âihr-habt-noch-einen-Koffer-in-Beirutâ unbedingt in den Libanon bomben wollteâŠ
Dann, und nur dann, macht das Verhalten der israelischen MilitĂ€rs wĂ€hrend des Libanonkrieges ĂŒberhaupt einen Sinn â wenn nĂ€mlich der einzige Zweck dieses Debakels war, der deutschen Ăffentlichkeit ĂŒber die willigen Sprechblasen hierzulande eine Truppenentsendung an die syrische Grenze aufzuquatschen und eine internationale Streitmacht in den Sumpf Libanons hineinzuziehen.
Wie schreibt die Ynet weiter?
âDiese grundschulreifen Berichte portrĂ€tieren die Armee als einen klobigen Haufen mit dem Gehirn eines HĂŒhnchens, geistig behindert und mit erstaunlichen Wahrnehmungsschwierigkeiten (wie zum Beispiel die UnfĂ€higkeit zu verstehen, was gesagt wird oder was passiert.) Nicht einmal eingeschworene und ĂŒberzeugte Linke halten die Armee fĂŒr so dumm.â
Wie recht die Kollegen haben..
(06.01.2007)
There is no other way to find logic or sense in the grotesque mountain of insignificant details, trivial conclusions, simplistic lessons, and bombastic nonsense that fills the working papers, investigation summaries, media reports, and officer discussions.
Some of those „conclusions and lessons“ looked and sounded like a cruel parody produced by an uninhibited satirist: „The elimination of the Katyusha rocket threat was not defined as an objective,“ „the activity was not defined as war,“ „the objectives were not defined using clear military language⊓
(25.07.2014)
Over a decade ago, Yonatan Shapira, then an Israeli air force pilot, bravely confronted his top commander, Lt. General Dan Halutz, over what were euphemistically called âtargeted assassinations.â Israeli warplanes regularly fired missiles at Hamas leaders in Gaza, also killing innocent civilians, some of them children.
Shapira asked General Halutz, What if a Hamas leader were located in Tel Aviv? Would you order our pilots to fire there, risking Israeli bystanders? Halutz said no.
So you value Israelis over Palestinians, Yonatan responded. Get someone else to fly your aircraft.
Ben Gvir â leader of the Religious Zionism party and who the Israeli army refused to draft due to his extremist activities and views â is experiencing a resurgence in popularity. Polls have credited his bloc with up to 14 seats in Israelâs parliament, which would make it the third-largest faction.
Opposition Leader Benjamin Netanyahu recently said that if he were to regain his position as the Israeli premier, Ben Gvir would be a minister in his government.
(6.1.2007) There is no other way to find logic or sense in the grotesque mountain of insignificant details, trivial conclusions, simplistic lessons, and bombastic nonsense that fills the working papers, investigation summaries, media reports, and officer discussions.
Some of those „conclusions and lessons“ looked and sounded like a cruel parody produced by an uninhibited satirist: „The elimination of the Katyusha rocket threat was not defined as an objective,“ „the activity was not defined as war,“ „the objectives were not defined using clear military language⊓
(8.1.2007) âEs ist offensichtlich.., daĂ das eine wagemutige Rettungsaktion der Air Force fĂŒr einen Piloten in Not warâ, höhnte die konservative Ynet am Samstag in Anspielung auf den ex-Piloten Halutz.
âSonst kann man in diesem grotesken Berg von nichtssagenden Details, inhaltslosen SchluĂfolgerungen, plumpen ErklĂ€rungen und bombastischem Blödsinn weder Sinn oder Logik findenâ, so Ynet.
Hatte sich die Armee-Untersuchung doch immerhin zu der ErklĂ€rung genötigt gesehen, der AbschuĂ von simplen Katyusha Raketen oder die Zerstörung ihrer AbschuĂbasen durch die Luftwaffe hĂ€tte deswegen nicht stattgefunden, weil âdas Ausschalten der Bedrohung von Katyusha Raketen nicht als Kampfziel definiert warâ.
Nun aber mal angenommen, es hĂ€tte nie die Absicht bestanden, die israelische Zivilbevölkerung vor den Raketen zu beschĂŒtzen, denn ohne zivile Opfer kein entsprechender Leidensdruck gerade auch in der deutschen Ăffentlichkeit, die man ja mit dem Motto âihr-habt-noch-einen-Koffer-in-Beirutâ unbedingt in den Libanon bomben wollteâŠ
Dann, und nur dann, macht das Verhalten der israelischen MilitĂ€rs wĂ€hrend des Libanonkrieges ĂŒberhaupt einen Sinn â wenn nĂ€mlich der einzige Zweck dieses Debakels war, der deutschen Ăffentlichkeit ĂŒber die willigen Sprechblasen hierzulande eine Truppenentsendung an die syrische Grenze aufzuquatschen und eine internationale Streitmacht in den Sumpf Libanons hineinzuziehen.
Over a decade ago, Yonatan Shapira, then an Israeli air force pilot, bravely confronted his top commander, Lt. General Dan Halutz, over what were euphemistically called âtargeted assassinations.â Israeli warplanes regularly fired missiles at Hamas leaders in Gaza, also killing innocent civilians, some of them children.
Shapira asked General Halutz, What if a Hamas leader were located in Tel Aviv? Would you order our pilots to fire there, risking Israeli bystanders? Halutz said no.
So you value Israelis over Palestinians, Yonatan responded. Get someone else to fly your aircraft.
Der ehemalige israelische Chef des Generalstabs Dan Halutz, der als einziger in dem Bericht zitiert wurde, sagt, dass die Anlage völlig immun ist gegenĂŒber einem konventionellen Angriff, und dass âdie einzige Möglichkeit, das iranische Atomprogramm abzudrehen, im Einsatz der nuklearen Option besteht.â
Contrary to statements made when he was in office, former IDF chief Dan Halutz now negates ‚doomsday scenarios‘ vis-Ă -vis Iran