Dan Halutz
Dan Halutz
Dan "Danny" Halutz; born August 7, 1948) is an Israeli Air Force Lt. General and former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces and commander of the Israeli Air Force. Halutz was appointed as Chief of Staff on June 1, 2005. On January 17, 2007, he announced his resignation. He has a degree in economics. He was born to a Mizrahi Jewish family with origins in Iran and Iraq. He is chairman of the Etgarim special-needs charity...
acts blind eye failures ignore tolerate turn
We will not tolerate their ineptitude, turn a blind eye to their failures or ignore acts of terror. They will not be able to shirk their responsibility.
allow escape guard objective primary terrorism tolerate
We will not allow you to escape your responsibilities. We will not tolerate terrorism and the primary objective will be to guard the border.
remember respond territory time
We have to remember that as long as our territory is violated, we have the right to respond from time to time.
blow concerns guns
There are deserters with guns and this concerns us. I don't want to blow this out of proportion.
years soldier lebanon
If the [captured Israeli] soldiers are not returned, we will turn Lebanon's clock back 20 years.
simple safe lebanon
Nothing is safe [in Lebanon], as simple as that.
light gone bumps
If you nevertheless want to know what I feel when I release a bomb, I will tell you: I feel a light bump to the plane as a result of the bomb's release. A second later it's gone, and that's all. That is what I feel.
believe continue convince encourages europeans fact iranians means nuclear political pressure project stop successful time
The fact that the Iranians are successful time after time in getting away from international pressure ... encourages them to continue their nuclear project. I believe that the political means that are used by the Europeans and the U.S. to convince the Iranians to stop the project will not succeed.
battle
We're not going out to battle; There's no battle here and no war.
decision gaza heads held hope leave leaving
We are leaving with our heads held high. The decision to leave Gaza was made out of strength, and with it comes a hope for a better future.
seen worrying
This announcement is worrying for everyone as we have seen with the international reaction.
iran nuclear pressure proves
International pressure on Iran proves that (its nuclear activities) are not only Israel's problem.