President Reuven Rivlin has called on his compatriots to support Gal Hirsch as the next police commissioner.
"We need a commissioner soon and we need an administered police," President Rivlin said in an interview with Channel 2. "We need to support the person who was chosen because his success is our success."
Some have criticized Hirsch for what they consider Israel's poor performance during the Second Lebanon War. Hirsch commanded the IDF's Galilee Division at the time, and resigned due to the backlash against Israeli deaths.