Amir Peretz named the director-general of the Defense Ministry to succeed the outgoing Israeli army chief Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz. After Peretz’s announcement regarding Maj. Gen. (res.) Gaby Ashkenazi on Sunday, Deputy Chief of Staff Moshe Kaplinsky took himself out of the running for the top army post.
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