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Ya'alon and Bennett lock horns over Protective Edge report
Itay Blumental
Published: 24.01.17, 11:42
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1. Yalon is very wrong
Avram Goldsmith ,   Toronto   (01.24.17)
Belong to same military echalion of generals which demaging Israel fot lack of vision and deep perpsctive aplliying only millitary skils and often wrong.
Yalon didn't finish the jobwith Gaza , retreat and occupation is their language as Jewish blood is spilled and nothing is done.
Yalon is not a leader is a follower.

2. gaza report
jerzy   (01.24.17)
regardless of politics, public had the feeling the military was slow to conducct destruction of tunnels, netanyahu was ambivalent and passive. moreover, periods of quiet, bandaids are not acceptable which is why yaalon is no longer defense minister. I used to regard yaalon as a capable military leader but after the gaza operation, my views changed. he sat behind gantz and did not light a fire under him as sharon used to do. just because he is general does not mean he is correct. otherwise halutz and zeira would not have been relieved duties. one has to be cautious about legal reveiws of war s but several coonclusions can be drawn. netanyahu is no war leader and certainly lapid and livni are neither since they voted with bibi and yaalon so now any of their critiques show them to be hypocrites. they are no war leaders. israelis should think about this the next time the media polls for lapid. he is no war leader.

second, bibi is fairly passive and is not a real military leader.and he never was regardless of biography. there is no chance he would strike iran, none whatsoever regardless of what excuses he gives. only bennett would stike iran if it came down to it. so they all run to obama or trump and ask them to do it.
3. read the partial transcript on arutz sheva
joe   (01.24.17)
waht was the plan? according to the transcript, yaalon opined that hamas would not attack throught the tunnels. not only he but gantz was also wrong. bibi as usual just followed the converstation, but did not demand anything. he gantz and yaalon counselled restraint. they just want quiet.

all three are not action men in the mold of sharon. bibi shows himself not be a war leaer, yaalon can forget about the defense ministry, and gantz retired. all threee did not take the initative or come up with a new plan. it was all restraint. 2 of them are gone. bibi needs to be replace aside from any legal investigations. and lapid who supported bibi yaalon and gantz should be disqualified from the pm job. he has no military skills whatsoever.
4. leadership
ed   (01.24.17)
yalaon criticizes netanyahu for lacking leadership qualitites which is true. So what the hell did yaalon do in the gaza war> According to transcript, he sat on his rear end, counselled restraint, did not think hamas would attack via tunnels? This is leadership???NO, we won't make that mistake again. yaalon, a military man, will not be defense minister again if I had a vote. I don't want halutz in a high role and I don't want yalaon. bennett may be a big talker but he was right, and all alone mostly though with leiberman supporting. bibi, yaalon, gantz and lapid livni were wrong.

thanks to shapira for doing the investigation.likud should make plans to replace bibi since he is no war leader. saar, barkat would be better. lapid would be a disaster.
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