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IDF Appoints Bar Kalifa as New West Bank Officer

2 sources · Israel

Who reported this

  • Haaretz Israel · Left · Schocken family and M. DuMont Schauberg
  • The Times of Israel Israel · Centre · Seth Klarman (majority backer)

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The Israel Defense Forces has named Bar Kalifa, the current chief of the Personnel Directorate, as the new top officer for the West Bank. The appointment follows a public announcement by Defense Minister Israel Katz on television. In a separate development, the military confirmed that a woman has been appointed to command the Artillery Corps' 282nd Regiment for the first time. Reports differ on the circumstances surrounding the transition. A left leaning source notes that the appointment follows a tenure marked by increasing settler attacks and mentions that Katz initially fired Avi Bluth on television before retracting the decision a day later.

How each side framed it

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The left leaning source framed the appointment within the context of settler violence and the chaotic nature of the previous officer's removal.
Centre
The center leaning source focused on the administrative details of the appointment and the historic nature of the Artillery Corps command.

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