MK Betzalel Smotrich (Jewish Home) on Wednesday evening asked Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon to summon IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot to a meeting, following his statement defending the army's controversial open-fire orders and brushing off the teachings of the Jewish sages which say that “when someone comes to kill you – kill him first”.
"This is a flagrant and contemptuous statement. The Jewish principles and values are the foundation on which the State of Israel was built and upon which the IDF relies. The disregard for the sanctity of Israel and the values that accompanied our people for thousands of years is neither appropriate nor compatible with the values of the IDF and of the behavior expected of a senior officer,” wrote Smotrich, who demanded that Eizenkot retract his statement.