Decentralizing the Israel Defense Forces

Brigadier General Eran Ortal, a visiting scholar at the Hoover Institution, has served in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in various command and staff positions, most recently as the Dado Center commandant. His work focuses on the IDF’s modernization and strategic effectiveness. He is the author of The Battle before the War: The Inside Story of the IDF’s Transformation.

Major General Tamir Yadai is the commander of the IDF ground forces command. He worked his way up the ranks of the Golani infantry brigade and commanded it during the 2006 Second Lebanon War. He then went on to command two IDF divisions, the Homefront Territorial Command and the Central Combatant Command.