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Encyclopedia > General Staff (Israel)

The Israeli General Staff (Hebrew: המטה הכללי של צה"ל), abbreviated Matkal (מטכ"ל), is the supreme command of the Israel Defense Forces. A General Staff is a group of professional military officers who act in a staff or administrative role under the command of a general officer. ... “Hebrew” redirects here. ... The Israel Defense Forces are part of the Israeli Security Forces. ...

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Members

The majority of members in the General Staff Forum are officers ranked as Aluf and heads of the following military and civilian bodies: Aluf is the term used for general in the Israeli Defence Forces. ...


Chief

Insignia of the Rav Aluf The Ramatkal (Hebrew: רמטכל, abbr. ... Gabi (Gabriel) Ashkenazi (Hebrew: ) (born 1954 in Hagor, Israel[1]), is the 19th Chief of General Staff of Israel Defence Forces (Hebrew: רמטכל Ramatkal). ... This article contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ...

Arms

Mazi logo The Israeli GOC Army headquarters (Hebrew: , Mifkedet Zroa HaYabasha), abbreviated as Mazi (מזי), is a multi-corps command headquarters created in 1998, which amalgamates the ground forces of the Israel Defense Forces. ... Maj. ... Official shield of the IAF The Israeli Air Force (IAF; Hebrew: זרוע האויר והחלל, Zroa HaAvir VeHaḤalal, Air and Space Division, commonly known as חיל האוויר Hel HaAvir) is the air force of the Israel Defense Forces. ... Maj. ... Main operational areas of the Israeli Sea Corps as seen from Space Shuttle STS-40: Mediterranean Sea (north), Gulf of Aqaba (east), Red Sea (south), and Gulf of Suez (west). ... Maj. ...

Branches

The Israeli Operations Directorate is a directorate in the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, established in 1999, and alongside the regional commands, the Air Force and Sea corps and General Staff directorates, is responsible in planning for the exercising military force. ... Aman badge Aman (אמן) is the Hebrew abbreviation for the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) Directorate of Military Intelligence (אגף המודיעין), Israels central, overarching military intelligence. ... Amos Yadlin as attache to Washington. ... Technological and Logistics Directorate logo The Israeli Logistics, Medical, and the Centers Directorate is a directorate in the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, responsible for the its logistics responses and tasks, and in particular: the building of military bases, maintaining a medical infrastructure during peacetime and times of... The Israeli Human Resources Directorate is the Israel Defense Forces body that coordinates and assembles activities related to the control over human resources and its placement. ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... The Israeli Planning Directorate is the central body in the Israel Defense Forces General Staff which deals with strategic planning, the building of military forces, and military organization. ... The Israeli Computer Services Directorate is the Israel Defense Forces body which charts the communication, wireless transmission, computerization, command and control over and defense of information in the IDF. The Directorate was created on March 3, 2003, on the basis of some functions previously held by the C4I Corps, which... Maj. ...

Commands

Northern Command logo The Israeli Northern Command (Hebrew: פיקוד צפון, Pikud Tzafon) is the Israel Defense Forces regional command responsible for the northern front with Syria and Lebanon. ... The Israeli Central Command is a regional command of the Israel Defense Forces. ... The Israeli Southern Command is a regional command of the Israel Defense Forces. ... Maj. ... The Israeli Home Front Command is a relatively recent Israel Defense Forces regional command, created in February 1992 following the Gulf War, which was the first war since the 1948 Arab-Israeli War where the Home Front faced a significant threat. ...

Other

The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories is a unit in the Israeli Ministry of Defense that engages in coordinating civilian issues between the Government of Israel, the Israel Defense Forces, foreign organizations, and the Palestinian Authority. ... Image:Yosef Mishleb. ... The IDF Spokespersons Unit is a unit in the IDF Operations Directorate, responsible for information policy and media relations. ... Brig. ... The Military Advocate General assists the Israel Defense Forces in imposing rules of conduct through legal advice, legal instruction, maintaining the mechanisms for military prosecution and legal defense, and fulfilling special legal tasks. ... The word president is derived from the Latin prae- before + sedere to sit. ... The Israeli Military Court of Appeals is the supreme military court of the Israel Defense Forces which judges over appeals to the district military tribunals: The Central and Air Force district. ... Maj. ... 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 Military Secretary is the senior military assistant to the British Secretary of State for Defence and formerly to the Secretary of State for War. ... The Prime Minister of Israel (Hebrew: ראש הממשלה, Rosh HaMemshala, lit. ...

Civilian

Director-general is the professional head of a UK Executive Agency which contains other agencies headed by directors. ... The Ministry of Defense (or Ministry of Defence) of the government of Israel, is the governmental department responsible for defending the State of Israel from internal and external military threats. ... Defense Establishment Comptroller Unit (Hebrew: יחידת מבקר מערכת הביטחון) is an Israel Defense Forces unit which supervises and overseas the fitness, preparedness, and legality of the Israeli Security Forces activities, in all its parts. ... The Administration for the Development of Weapons and the Technological Industry (Hebrew: מינהל למחקר ,פיתוח אמצעי לחימה ותשתית טכנולוגית), abbreviated Mafat (מפאת), is a joint Israeli Ministry of Defense and Defense Forces body, responsible for ensuring the States ability to develop the material military basis for the IDF. The Administration centralizes and helps to coordinate the...

References

  • "The General Staff," official list
Israel Defense Forces
Arms, Commands, Branches, Corps
Arms: Navy (Sea Arm) | Air Force (Air and Space Arm) | Ground Forces (GOC Army Headquarters)
Commands: Northern | Central | Southern | Home Front
Branches: General Staff | Operations | Intelligence | Planning | Human Resources | Logistics, Medical, & Centers | Computer Service
Consultants & attachés to the General Staff: Financial advisor | Womens' Affairs advisor | Rabbinate | Military Advocate General | Court of Appeals | Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories
IDF corps
Ground forces corps: Infantry | Armor | Artillery | Engineering | Field Intelligence
Infantry brigades: Paratroopers | Golani | Nahal | Givati | Kfir | Bislmach
Combat support & rear-line corps: Ordnance | Medical | Intelligence | C4I | Education | Adjutant | Logistics | Military Police | General
IDF insignia
Berets, Units symbols and Uniform | Ranks | Decorations
Additional Information
History of the Israel Defense Forces | Ministry of Defense | Military equipment | Israel Defense Forces checkpoint | Israeli military prison
See Also
Security Forces | Mossad | Shabak | Police | Border Police | Intelligence Community | Security Council | Foreign & Defense Committee


 
 

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