A senior security official, quoted by commentator Hillel Bitton Rosen, accused the IDF chief of staff of leaking a letter to the media on the eve of a law vote, calling it a political move at the lowest level. The official said an IDF representative had sat in committee discussions for three weeks without speaking, and now the chief of staff chose to leak the letter.
A senior security official, quoted by commentator Hillel Bitton Rosen, sharply criticized the IDF chief of staff on Monday evening, accusing him of leaking a letter to the media on the eve of a vote on a law. The official said the law has been before the committee for three weeks, and that an IDF representative sat in the discussions without saying a word. 'Now the chief of staff chooses to leak the letter to the media on the eve of the law's passage — this is a political move at the lowest level, improper interference in legislative proceedings,' the official was quoted as saying. The remark adds further detail to an earlier accusation reported at 20:15 Jerusalem, also attributed to the same official by Bitton Rosen.
2 developments
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- StrongKnesset committee chairman: 'Hard to see timing of letter as coincidence' — in jibe at IDF chief
- DevelopingMK Boaron: IDF Chief of Staff must not grade elected officials, must be subordinate to civilian level
- DevelopingNoam Amir: Chief of Staff no longer focuses on military messaging but on political policy
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