BUT ARE THEY A MINORITY?:

Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon on Sunday urged Israel Defense Forces leaders to keep speaking out against the "extremist minority" who, he said, were working to undermine the values of Israel's military.

In his address Sunday, Ya'alon appeared to back Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Yair Golan, who seemed to liken "certain trends" in Israel to pre-Nazi Germany in an address on Holocaust Remembrance Day two weeks ago. Golan's speech was fiercely criticized by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who reportedly scolded Ya'alon in a "tense" phone call.

In sharp contrast to Netanyahu, Ya'alon has dismissed the widespread criticism of Golan, saying he had "full confidence" in the "valued and accomplished" deputy chief of staff. 

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