U.S. politicians are fond of the phrase "Read my lips, no more taxes" etc. I suggest the IDF read the lips of its officers, and say "no more coverup"--or the next war, without G-d's intervention, may be its last.

Israel: a State in which "accountability" is such a dirty word that it has no exact equivalent in the Hebrew language

No accountability, no responsibility, cover-your-ass, mentality is the kind of bureaucratic thinking that will undermine the IDF. But, it all starts at the top - our political leadership is the source of the problem. Sorry, I meant to say our lack of political leadership. I read once - I think in an essay by Max Weber - that bureaucracies tend to forget the goals, the purpose, of what they were created to accomplish & replace it with new goals, being to protect the bureaucracy itself. Our various bureaucracies are the perfect examples. Rather than serve the people, they serve themselves.

"israel defence force senior official" who is afraid and talks under annonimity,is a loser who should not be cited. In general,our press should refrain of citing people who are afraid to speak their oppinion