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NSC Chief Reportedly Selects Moti Baruch for Foreign-Flight Security Review

Courtroom-sketch editorial illustration of an archival aerial view of Ben Gurion Airport runways and taxiways, with fields and neighborhoods beyond, seen through an arriving aircraft window.

National Security Council head Shmuel Ben Ezra has decided to appoint Maj. Gen. (res.) Moti Baruch to lead a team reviewing security for foreign civilian aviation to Israel. The newly reported appointment gives Baruch responsibility for a comprehensive examination of all security aspects of those flights. Baruch previously commanded the Israel Defense Forces' Ground Forces Training and Doctrine Command. He also formerly commanded the General Staff Corps.

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