IDF's Central Command Commander (responsible for the WB), MG Yehuda Fox retires today after years of clashes with settlers. In his retirement speech which is already drawing settler fire, he attacked violent settlers and spoke of cooperation with the PA as key Israeli security interest. 1/2
The points themselves are no surprise to anyone who paid attention to events in the area. Generals have been left of Israeli politics since early 2000s at least. But the most Israelis don't realize this, and strong statements like this make headlines. I'll try to translate the speech later. 2/2
This isn’t Fox’s first. He’s angered settlers/extremists many times before. Even Avi Blot isn’t liked that much by settlers despite being an observant guy.
Yes, in general, the leaders of the IDF are to the left of the settlers, but that’s not a hard thing to be since almost everyone is
