Speaking at a ceremony marking the change of leadership at the IDF Planning Directorate, Zamir praised Harel\u2019s operational experience and said he hoped his nomination as navy chief would be approved \u201cvery soon.\u201d Harel, who concluded his term as head of the directorate, is currently without a new post due to the stalled decision.<\/p>\n
Zamir\u2019s comments were widely seen as a direct appeal amid ongoing tensions with Katz, who has blocked multiple senior appointments, including the military attach\u00e9 to Washington and the heads of the navy and air force.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour experience \u2014 from soldier and naval officer to senior command roles \u2014 makes you a capable and strategic leader,\u201d Zamir told Harel. \u201cYou are ready to command the naval arm.\u201d<\/p>\n
Zamir also credited Harel and the Planning Directorate for their role during recent fighting with Iran, saying the IDF achieved major strategic gains against Tehran-backed threats. He emphasized that the directorate\u2019s coordination and force-building efforts were key to Israel\u2019s preparedness.<\/p>\n
While the IDF has avoided commenting publicly on the internal disputes, sources say Katz\u2019s refusal to approve Zamir\u2019s nominees stems from disagreements over appointments \u2014 including his push to name his own military secretary, Brig. Gen. Guy Markizano, to the Washington post.<\/p>\n
The impasse has created a rare rift at the top of Israel\u2019s security establishment, with critical roles left in limbo as regional tensions remain high.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Speaking at a ceremony marking the change of leadership at the IDF Planning Directorate, Zamir praised Harel\u2019s operational…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-196677","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}