HERZLIYA, Israel, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- A former Israeli military chief of staff told a conference in Israel politicians and military leaders must work together more closely in war planning.
"Strategic decisions must be taken into consideration in the dialogue between the political and military echelons before a war," former Israeli army chief Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi told the Fisher Institute conference at the Israel Air Force Center in Herzliya, stressing the discourse shapes whether the goals of a war are realistic, The Jerusalem Post reported Friday.