Outgoing IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi bid farewell to the heads of the Council for a Beautiful Israel in Tel Aviv on Sunday and hinted about the affair over the next chief of staff.
Ashkenazi said: "It's important that in the State of Israel, aside from a strong, professional and ideological command backbone like the one in the IDF, there will also be a firm, string and responsible civil leadership backbone." Ashkenazi discussed the security situation saying that despite the relatively quite borders lately "the instability factor in the area is unmistakable." (Yoav Zitun)