N12 journalist Amit Segal suggested Sunday evening that if Defense Minister Yair Golan were to replace the Southern Command commander for political reasons, the reaction would expose a double standard in how military politicization is criticized. Segal noted the hypothetical scenario occurs on the eve of the Democrats' primaries and argued that those who complain about politicization when it comes from the Likud ignore similar actions from the left.
N12 journalist Amit Segal criticized the double standard in reactions to military politicization in a Sunday evening post. Segal proposed a thought experiment: what would the reaction be if Defense Minister Yair Golan announced on the talk show of Ofira and Sari that he was replacing the Southern Command commander because, in his view, the officer was not sufficiently attentive to a central camp within the 'change bloc' (Gush HaShinui) — all on the eve of the Democrats' primaries. He argued that the same people who decry the politicization of the military when it involves the Likud would not apply the same standard to Golan. Segal concluded, 'You can't complain about the politicization of the military and turn it into a Likud reality show.' The comment reflects ongoing tensions at the intersection of military command and Israeli politics, though it remains a personal opinion from a single journalist.
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