Watchmen Talk ep6 – Lt. Gen. (ret.) Dan Halutz, Former IDF Chief Of General Staff (Part II)

Please join us for the second part of an interview with a special guest, who has a unique perspective on Israel’s challenges. He is retired Lieutenant General Dani Halutz, the first and still only Air Force pilot to serve as the Israel Defense Forces Chief of General Staff (“Ramatkal” in Hebrew), a command position usually set aside for Army generals. Israel was born in battle, forced to repulse an invasion on all fronts threatening to extinguish the young nation, reliant on Infantry and Armor officers to be in overall charge of Air and Naval forces, too, rather than operate co-equal branches. Halutz, 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 MiG enemy aircraft. Gen. Halutz, an innovative officer who also took part in production of Israel’s abandoned “Lavi” ("Young Lion") fighter jet, was in charge of the IDF during near the back-to-back challenges of the withdrawal from Gaza and the Second Lebanon War. He was particularly close to former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, with whom he helped establish the centrist Kadima political party after retirement from the military. #IsraelNews​ #tv7israelnews​ #newsupdates​ Rally behind our vision - https://www.tv7israelnews.com/donate/​ To purchase TV7 Israel News merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/tv7-isra...​ Live view of Jerusalem - https://www.tv7israelnews.com/jerusal...​ Visit our website - http://www.tv7israelnews.com/​ Subscribe to our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/tv7israelnews​ Like TV7 Israel News on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/tv7israelnews​ Follow TV7 Israel News on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/tv7israelnews/​ Follow TV7 Israel News on Twitter - https://twitter.com/tv7israelnews