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The Financial Advisor to the Chief of Staff is a role assumed by the head of the Budgeting Directorate of Israel’s Ministry of Defense. The Advisor is responsible for handling the budgeting for the Israel Defense Forces arms, the financial planning for the military, and coordinating these with Ministry of Finance. The current Advisor is Brigadier-General Dr. Shmuel Ben-Tzvi. Insignia of the Rav Aluf The Ramatkal (Hebrew: ר××××, abbr. ... The Ministry of Defense (or Ministry of Defence) of the goverment of Israel, is the governmental department responsible for defending the State of Israel from internal and external military threats. ... The Israel Defense Forces are part of the Israeli Security Forces. ... Finance Ministers of Israel, 1948-present Eliezer Kaplan 1948-1952 Levi Eshkol 1952-1963 Pinhas Sapir 1963-1968 Zeev Sharef 1968-1969 Pinhas Sapir 1969-1974 Yehoshua Rabinowitz 1974-1977 Simcha Ehrlich 1977-1979 Yigal Hurwitz 1979-1981 Yoram Aridor 1981-1983 Yigal Cohen-Orgad 1983-1984 Yitzhak Moda...