Jair Naweh

Jair Naweh

Jair Naweh , Hebrew יאיר נוה, (* 1957 ) is a former senior IDF Israeli military man who retired from active service in 2007. Naweh rose to major general ( Aluf ) and headed the Israeli Central Command from 2005 to 2007 .

Military career

Naweh entered the military in 1975 and served in the Golani Brigade from company commander to brigade commander. From 1989 he headed the brigade on the border with Lebanon , from 1991 the Golani brigade again. From 1994 to 1996 he took over the management of the security department of the ground forces and until 1999 he commanded the infantry and the paratroopers. From 1999 to 2001 he commanded the Gaza Division and subsequently worked as chief of staff at the headquarters of the Israel Defense Forces . In 2003 he was promoted to major general and took over the helm of Home Front Command . From 2005 until his retirement in 2007, he headed the Israeli Central Command.

Naweh studied history , political science and Middle East studies in addition to his military career . He lives in Zichron Ya'akov .

Political importance

The appointment of Naweh as commander of the Central Command in 2005 was seen by individual media as a move by the then Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharons to bring the Naweh, which is considered conservative and religious, in connection with Israel's unilateral disengagement plan, into a position in which he would clear the evacuation of Jewish people Had to move settlements in order to split the religious-orthodox camp. For his participation in the evictions, Naweh was in some cases massively hostile from the extremist camp.

In 2006, Naweh feared that Abdullah II would be the last Jordanian king, as 80% of the population of Jordan was made up of Palestinians and Islamist tendencies among the Palestinians represented a threat to the Hashimite dynasty. The statement sparked diplomatic tension between Israel and Jordan, as a result of which Naweh apologized to the Jordanian king.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Israel's exit strategy, in: Le monde diplomatique from August 2005 (accessed November 17, 2009)
2. ↑ Israeli soldiers refuse the orders, in: ARD online from November 17, 2009 (accessed November 17, 2009) ( Memento from November 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Naweh: "King Abdullah is liable to be the last king of Jordan", in: kibush.co.il from February 2006 (accessed on November 17, 2009)
4. ^ Israeli general in Jordan apology, in: BBC February 23, 2006 (accessed November 17, 2009)