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Ynet: The challenges the new IDF chief and his deputy will have to face, by Ron Ben-Yishai

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Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi will have to reshape the IDF’s ‘war between wars’ campaign, bringing a different attitude to resolving the problems and dilemmas that now emerge on the northern front; Maj. Gen. Eyal Zamir’s most important task will be to head the team leading the next multi-annual plan to replace the Gideon Plan.

Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi, who was approved Sunday as the IDF’s next chief of staff, was the natural candidate for the job. He has operational, tactical and administrative experience, and he had a hand in shaping military strategy and policy.

He is thorough, creative and has the “temperament of an IDF chief.” Just like there’s a judicial temperament, the IDF chief also needs the ability to motivate people, and earn their confidence and trust, even in difficult situations in which decisions are made fast. In addition, Maj. Gen. Kochavi knows how to communicate with the political leadership openly and without pandering, and speak to civilians at eye level.

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