Five former IDF chiefs come together to support Eisenkot

Yossi Yehoshua

After seeing the incitement against the IDF chief of staff, his predecessors stand with Eisenkot; ‘It’s the crossing of a red line,’ says Gabi Ashkenazi; ‘I’m not worried about Eisenkot, I’m worried about the country,’ says Benny Gantz; and Shaul Mofaz adds: ‘This incitement raises the question of who are we, what are our values, and how do we protect them?’

Five former IDF chiefs gave their support to incumbent Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot on Saturday evening in the wake of the incitement against him following the conviction of Sgt. Elor Azaria.

aj. Gen (res.) Benny Gantz, Maj. Gen (res.) Gabi Ashkenazi, Maj. Gen (res.) Dan Halutz, Maj. Gen (res.) Moshe Ya’alon and Maj. Gen (res.) Shaul Mofaz came together at Yedioth Ahronoth’s Rishon Lezion offices to express their firm and unequivocal support of the IDF, its chief Eisenkot, and the military judicial system.

The incitement against the IDF did not begin last week, but it did go up a notch when Azaria supporters protesting outside the Kirya IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv called out “Gadi, Gadi, beware. Rabin’s looking for a friend,” inciting to murder of the IDF chief and threatening the lives of the judges and prosecutor in the trial.

The former IDF chiefs: Ya’alon, Halutz, Mofaz, Ashkenazi and Gantz (Photo: Tomeriko)” title=”The former IDF chiefs: Ya’alon, Halutz, Mofaz, Ashkenazi and Gantz (Photo: Tomeriko)

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