Gallant speaks with Austin, Halevi meets with CENTCOM chief amid IDF crisis
The US military is checking in with the IDF to see how much joint operations may be impacted by the IDF reservists’ quitting movement.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB
Just slightly over 24 hours after the Knesset repealed the judiciary’s reasonability standard, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke on Tuesday with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant by phone, and IDF chief-of-staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi was set to meet with CENTCOM chief General Michael Kurilla on Wednesday.
The two interactions in parallel to each other, and in such short proximity to the major Knesset legislation, left the impression of the US military checking in with the IDF to see how much its readiness and the country’s joint operations may be impacted by the IDF reservists’ quitting movement.
more............. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-752437
The US military is checking in with the IDF to see how much joint operations may be impacted by the IDF reservists’ quitting movement.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB
Just slightly over 24 hours after the Knesset repealed the judiciary’s reasonability standard, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke on Tuesday with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant by phone, and IDF chief-of-staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi was set to meet with CENTCOM chief General Michael Kurilla on Wednesday.
The two interactions in parallel to each other, and in such short proximity to the major Knesset legislation, left the impression of the US military checking in with the IDF to see how much its readiness and the country’s joint operations may be impacted by the IDF reservists’ quitting movement.
more............. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-752437