Against the background of the storm: Danny Zaken, Acting Commander of the IDF Gali, issued a statement on his behalf today (Monday), in which he addressed the many concerns that have arisen recently, regarding politicization at the station. In the last hour, protest activists contacted the IDF Gali Commander, Mm. and expressed their concerns. First, it will be made clear that the protest is the lifeblood of democracy and that the commander of the IDF waves is attentive to the public mood at all times and invites the protest participants to an open discussion about everything that is on their hearts and to allay their concerns. Such a meeting with some of the protest leaders in the Jerusalem area It took place last weekend," it said.

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He further added: "Gali IDF was and will continue to be a leading and influential public-military media body, operating in accordance with the purity of morals and characterized by absolute journalistic independence, free of bias."

Zaken responded to the claims of a recent "political purge" at the station: "This is about the desire to create a clean and independent press, the goal of which is to provide equal representation to all listeners of the station, from all sections of the population, wherever they are. All this in the pursuit of maintaining an objective and balanced discourse, which enables a factual reflection of reality, Without personal additions, in order to allow the listener to form an independent position, in any field".

In conclusion, it is written: "It should be emphasized that no one is fired from the IDF, the only requirement is compliance with the oldest and most basic rules of ethics, which are used all over the world and are expected of every journalist who respects their professional and high-quality work."