„I have heard suggestions that Herzl Halevi should resign – he should not do that, or the government would appoint an ally or ‚yes-man,’” Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin, the former head of Aman, Israel’s military intelligence directorate, told Army Radio.

„The citizens of Israel should be praying that he stays at the helm, and he must hold on as long as his conscience is in place,” he continued.