Our guest today had a unique perspective on Israel’s challenges. He is retired Lieutenant General Dani Haloutz, the first and still only Air Force pilot to serve as the Israel Defense Forces Chief of General Staff, or Ramatkal, a command position usually set aside for Army generals.
Israel was born in battle, had to repulse an invasion on all fronts threatening to extinguish the young nation and relied on Infantry and Armor officers to be in over-all charge of its Air and Naval forces, too, rather than operate co-equal branches.
Haloutz, which is Hebrew for both pioneer and a football striker, was the first Air Force chief to be born in the new State of Israel, along with Air Force itself, in the summer of 1948. He flew F-4 Phantoms in the Wars of Attrition, Yom Kippur and Lebanon, in the process shooting down three Egyptian and Syrian Migs. General Haloutz, an innovative officer who also took part in the aborted “Lavie” fighter plane, was in charge of the IDF during almost back to back challenges, the withdrawal from Gaza and the Second Lebanon War. He was particularly close to Ariel Sharon and after retirement joined the center party Kadima Sharon formed when he left Likud, which he earlier helped estabish.
TV7 Israel – Från vaktpostens horisont
”På dina murar, Jerusalem, har jag ställt väktare. Varken dag eller natt får de någonsin tystna.”
Jes 62:6
Möt männen och kvinnorna som varit Israels vaktposter. När folket sov höll de vakt och var redo att strida för Israel och dess huvudstad Jerusalem på alla fronter. Nu kommer de en efter en till studion i Jerusalem för ingående intervjuer med TV7 Israels programvärd och analytiker Amir Oren, en veteran i nyhetsbevakningen av Israels styre, försvar och säkerhet. Hans gäster kommer att dela historier, insikter och avslöjanden på ett sätt som får hotbilden mot Israel att klarna. Vi hoppas att du som tittare sedan vill inta din plats på muren och lyfta upp dessa ämnen i bön (Ps 122).
