Retired IDF brigadier general and former chief of staff of Southern Command (under Doron Almog during the Second Intifada) who joined Otzma Yehudit in 2022 and brings decades of frontline counter-terrorism experience to the Knesset.
Positions and record
- Chairs the Knesset National Security Committee, drawing on extensive IDF command experience
- Argues Israel must retain operational freedom to defeat terror groups and should not be hamstrung by selectively applied international legal standards
- Supports robust deterrence policies to protect Israeli civilians from rocket fire and terror infiltration
- Calls for the full demilitarization and depopulation of Gaza of Hamas infrastructure as part of a durable post-war settlement
- Defends decisive IDF rules of engagement in border-zone incidents as necessary to safeguard soldiers and communities
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Zvika Fogel, The State of Israel. https://thestateofisrael.com/mk/zvika-fogel