Ilan Harari
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llan Harari, is an Israel Defense Forces General Officer. He presently serves as the chief education officer of the IDF. He holds the rank of brigadier general.[1] He has served in several command field positions, including a command position in the Nahal Brigade and as battalion commander of the Golani Brigade.
On 22 September, 2006, he announced his imminent retirement. He also stated at a news conference that Israel had lost the Israel-Hezbollah War. He was the first serving senior staff officer to voice such an opinion. Subsequently, General Yiftah Ron-Tal voiced the same opinion while on duty. Chief of Staff, Dan Halutz reacted angrily to Harari's statement.[2].
Ironically, prior to his public announcement, Harari had been heading a project to identify positive aspects and heroic action during the war and compile them. He is quoted as saying:
"We heard about the complaints, the difficulties, the confusion, but in all that, there are plenty of heroic tales … and these should be elevated so that every division in the IDF knows what happened there..."[3]
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