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Yiftah Ron-Tal , a registered lawyer
Lawyer

A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an Attorney at law, counsel or solicitor; a person licensed to practice fraud." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain stability, and deliver justice....
, served as a Major General in the Israel Defense Forces
Israel Defense Forces

The Israel Defense Forces , commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew Acronym and initialism Tzahal , are Israel's military forces, comprising the GOC Army Headquarters, Israeli Air Force and Israeli navy....
. He was born in 1956 on Nativ Halamed-Heh, a kibbutz in the Elah valley
Valley of Elah

The Valley of Elah, "the valley of the oak or terebinth" , best known as the place where the Israelites were encamped when David fought Goliath ....
 in central Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
. Drafted
Conscription

Conscription is a general term for involuntary labor demanded by an established authority. It is most often used in the specific sense of government policies that require citizens to serve in the military....
 in 1974 into the Israeli Armor Corps
Israeli Armor Corps

File:Idf armored corps flag.svgThe Israeli Armored Corps is a corps of the Israel Defense Forces, since 1998 subordinate to GOC Army Headquarters....
, he is a former commander of the IDF Ground Forces Command
GOC Army Headquarters

The Israeli GOC Army headquarters , is a multi-corps command headquarters created in 1998, which amalgamates the ground forces of the Israel Defense Forces....
. He is currently working as the Director of Israeli Port Authority.

ctober 4, 2006 he said publicly that IDF Chief of Staff Dan Halutz
Dan Halutz

is an Israeli Air Force Lt. General and former Israeli Air Force commander. Halutz was appointed as Ramatkal of the Israel Defense Forces on June 1, 2005....
 should accept responsibity for malfunctions in the Israel-Hezbollah War
2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict

The 2006 Lebanon War, known in Lebanon as the July War and in Israel as the Second Lebanon War , was a 34-day war in Lebanon and northern Israel....
 and accept the consequences.






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Yiftah Ron-Tal , a registered lawyer
Lawyer

A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an Attorney at law, counsel or solicitor; a person licensed to practice fraud." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain stability, and deliver justice....
, served as a Major General in the Israel Defense Forces
Israel Defense Forces

The Israel Defense Forces , commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew Acronym and initialism Tzahal , are Israel's military forces, comprising the GOC Army Headquarters, Israeli Air Force and Israeli navy....
. He was born in 1956 on Nativ Halamed-Heh, a kibbutz in the Elah valley
Valley of Elah

The Valley of Elah, "the valley of the oak or terebinth" , best known as the place where the Israelites were encamped when David fought Goliath ....
 in central Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
. Drafted
Conscription

Conscription is a general term for involuntary labor demanded by an established authority. It is most often used in the specific sense of government policies that require citizens to serve in the military....
 in 1974 into the Israeli Armor Corps
Israeli Armor Corps

File:Idf armored corps flag.svgThe Israeli Armored Corps is a corps of the Israel Defense Forces, since 1998 subordinate to GOC Army Headquarters....
, he is a former commander of the IDF Ground Forces Command
GOC Army Headquarters

The Israeli GOC Army headquarters , is a multi-corps command headquarters created in 1998, which amalgamates the ground forces of the Israel Defense Forces....
. He is currently working as the Director of Israeli Port Authority.

Controversy

On October 4, 2006 he said publicly that IDF Chief of Staff Dan Halutz
Dan Halutz

is an Israeli Air Force Lt. General and former Israeli Air Force commander. Halutz was appointed as Ramatkal of the Israel Defense Forces on June 1, 2005....
 should accept responsibity for malfunctions in the Israel-Hezbollah War
2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict

The 2006 Lebanon War, known in Lebanon as the July War and in Israel as the Second Lebanon War , was a 34-day war in Lebanon and northern Israel....
 and accept the consequences. He hinted that Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
i PM Ehud Olmert
Ehud Olmert

Ehud Olmert is the incumbent Prime Minister of Israel. Olmert was the Mayor of Jerusalem of Jerusalem from 1993 to 2003. In 2003 he was elected to the Knesset and became a minister and Deputy leaders of Israel#Acting Prime Minister in the government of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon....
 should do the same as well.

"Those who directed this war must take responsibility," Ron-Tal said on Israel Radio, "We did not win this war, and it is proper that those who directed it should take responsibility."

He also said that employing the IDF to evacuate settlers from the Gaza Strip Israeli Settlements just over a year ago was a grave mistake because it had seriously degraded the army's combat capabilities. Following these remarks, he was discharged from the IDF while on leave after 33 years of service, two months prior to retirement. The Israeli media reported though that Ron-Tal had sent a letter of resignation prior to being fired.

While the comments themselves were not the most vitriolic heard since the end of the Israel-Hezbollah war, Ron-Tal was roundly criticized for making them while still in uniform. Even though Ron-Tal was on a final leave of absence before leaving the army, orders state that active soldiers are forbidden from giving interviews to the media without permission from the IDF Spokesperson's Unit
IDF Spokesperson's Unit

The IDF Spokesperson's Unit is the unit in the Israel Defense Forces Israeli Operations Directorate, responsible for information policy and media relations....
, especially resenting opinions about the army and politics. He was the second general officer to criticize Halutz while in uniform over the war, the first being Ilan Harari
Ilan Harari

llan Harari is a retired brigadier general Israel Defense Forces. He is most known for serving as the Education and Youth Corps of the IDF. He has served in several combat positions, including a command position in the Nahal Brigade and as a battalion commander in the Golani Brigade....
.

In a previous controversial interview in 2003, he had advocated the liquidation of PLO chairman Yasser Arafat
Yasser Arafat

Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini , popularly known as Yasser Arafat or by his Kunya Abu Ammar , was a Palestinian people leader....
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