Eyal Zamir

All of his interviews remain in international media in English, so he can set the narrative that this was jihadist terrorism carried out by an ideologically motivated Muslim who is stopped by Israel's iron wall of, you know, his IDF veterans who happen to be on this plane.

And, uh, I, I should also, also mention that in the minutes and hours, or I don't know, I guess I'd have to say just to be as accurate as possible, in the moments after this incident was first reported, I think it would have been September 30th, the IDF Chief of Staff, Eyal Zamir, met with his high command, and they initially declared that this was not a hijacking, and this was not an incident motivated by ide- ideology or, in their words, terrorism.

Netanyahu then introduces the narrative of jihadist terror alongside his defense minister, who is a close Likud ally, uh, Israel Katz, and that becomes the narrative, and now they're seeking to consolidate that narrative, and possibly it's true, by pointing to the social media of this Omani first captain, which, uh, contains messages supportive of Palestine.

Netanyahu is also seeking to blame Iran somehow for this.

I mean, I can ab- say with absolute certainty that the, the right-wing parties will benefit from this Flydubai incident.

But the issue for Netanyahu and his opposition is neither have enough seats right now to claim the 60 seats they need in the Knesset to form a coalition.

The opposition parties, led by Eisenkot, who is the former butcher of Gaza during the 2008-2009 Operation Cast Lead assault on Gaza when he was IDF Chief of Staff, and prior to that led the Israeli bombardment of Southern Lebanon and Southern Beirut in 2006, they are unable to form a coalition because they refuse to coalition with Arab parties because they are Zionist racist parties opposed to the Zionist racist parties of the right-wing bloc of Netanyahu.

Netanyahu has, uh, 51 seats guaranteed right now.

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid, who at his request was briefed by Netanyahu last night in light of the warning, said that there was nothing in the update he received that was similar to a warning of a plane hijacking.

Following an operational situation assessment, the IDF chief of staff, Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir, has postponed to a later date a planned trip to the United States next week.

Zamir had been invited to hold a strategic coordination meeting with the chair of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff and the head of the U.S. Central Command and to attend the Friend of the IDF's annual gala.

U.S.-Iran negotiations.

Technology could not hold territory, physically defend communities, or substitute for sufficient forces at the point of attack.

Under Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, the IDF has begun adding formations rather than just digitizing existing ones.

Plans include another maneuver division, additional reserve formations, a new reserve tank brigade, strengthened eastern border forces, more defensive positions and obstacles, and drones and local firepower for units guarding Israel's frontiers.

Zamir has said that Israel cannot rely on a minimal force structure and requires, quote, "wide security margins." That may prove the most difficult change of all.

Israel is treating the new documentary, Naza, by the Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Zohr less like bad publicity than a national security crisis.

Eyal Zamir, chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces, pledged to use every tool at our disposal against the documentary, which features anonymous interviews with 24 intelligence officers and soldiers most involved in remote strikes in Gaza.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for legislation that would let the state strip Abraham and Zohr of their citizenship.

Israel's cultural minister has asked the interior ministry to investigate them for treason.

So maybe we could think that, oh, it's something partisan, right? So if the current government would be pl- would be replaced by another government, so maybe we could have an, a window for a future normalization.

However, when you're looking at the list of the people who were sanctioned by Turkey, you, you also would, uh, you also w- will be able to see the name of, uh, the Chief of Staff, Eyal Zamir.

Well, from an Israeli perspective, I can tell you that, uh, the Israeli Chief of Staff is considered someone nonpartisan, ab- above politics.

Which means that even if Gabi- uh, Gadi Eizenkot, or Naftali Bennett, or Yair Lapid will replace Benjamin Netanyahu, uh, the Chief of Staff will remain the same Chief of Staff.

So from my perspective, so this decision is, I mean, can be considered as a very, uh, strong Turkish statement that they are not interested in mending the fences with the State of Israel, even after the elections.

Okay? Of course, uh, may- maybe my, uh, other colleagues may disagree with me, but that's how I see the things.

The car ramming came days after father of six, Natanel Shukun, was shot and killed in a terror attack near the West Bank settlement of Neveit Suf, also known as Halamish.

In a rare step amid the heightened security tensions in the area, yesterday, IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir ordered a second military division to take responsibility for some areas of the West Bank.

Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to speak today at 3 p.m. Eastern Time in front of the UN General Assembly.

The speech is expected to generate a lot of attention and controversy.