Aviv Kochavi / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Aviv Kochavi / JNS.org

‘May the Fallen’s Memory Be Our Moral Compass’
JNS.org - Israeli Defense Forces soldiers, commanders and officers, Eighteen-year-old pioneer Moshe Berski came to Israel with his sister in 1913 and joined Kibbutz Degania. He...

Aviv Kochavi: The Sound That Commands Us to Remember
JNS.org - The sirens blaring as the State of Israel marks Yom Hazikaron—Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism—command that we distinguish this...

Aviv Kochavi: Holocaust Survivors Represent the Light That Shone in the Darkness
JNS.org - To all soldiers, commanders and employees of the Israel Defense Forces: Holocaust Remembrance Day silences Israel and envelopes our country’s streets in quiet. The...

The IDF and Yitzhak Rabin: A United Military Serving a United People
JNS.org - The following is an excerpt from IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi’s daily order to all Israeli military personnel. It has been...

A View From the IDF: Lessons Learned Since Leaving Lebanon
JNS.org - The generation of commanders that I and other officers in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)’s general staff are a part of cut its...