.EVEN BEFORE Hamas, the militant team that runs Gaza, assaulted Israel on Oct 7th, Mate General Herzi Halevi was in a difficult posture. In January 2023, when he ended up being principal of general staff of the Israel Protection Troop (IDF), the absolute most elderly position in Israel’s military, the policeman as well as book corps were actually rental fee by branches over proposed reforms to the nation’s Supreme Court. Some reservists threatened not to provide if the disruptive prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, and his far-right union passed legislations diminishing the powers of the court.
It was just one of the army’s most stormy durations in recent times.