Appointment of Israel's Military Chief Cancelled
Yoav Galant's appointment as military chief of staff cancelled due to scandal
Yoav GalantPic: NULLThe appointment of Israel's new military chief of staff has been cancelled due to a real estate scandal.
Maj.-Gen. Yoav Galant had been set to succeed Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi in February.
Reports allege that Galant took over acres of public land near his home in northern Israel.
The cancellation came on February 1, after Israeli Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein said the legal difficulties made it difficult to support the appointment.
Galant has filed an appeal with Israel's Supreme Court, charging that the parallel investigations were illegal and also that he was not given enough time to defend himself.
Maj.-Gen. Yair Naveh, the Israel Defense Forces' deputy chief of staff, has been named as interim chief of staff while a new candidate is vetted.
Galant's appointment was approved in September after Ashkenazi was not asked to extend his four-year term by an additional year, as is traditional.
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