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Commentary:
In May, 2008, IDF Sgt. Hananel Dayan found himself expelled from the IDF for his failure to shake the hand of then Chief of Staff Dan Halutz during a ceremony honoring 120 outstanding IDF soldiers, of which Dayan was one. Dayan opted-out of shaking Halutz’s hand as his (Dayan’s) family was among the Jews expelled from Gush Katif in August, 2005. Immediately after the incident, Dayan was verbally dressed-down by IDF Manpower Chief General Elazar Stern. Two links, here and here, recall the incident.
Now, Two years and eight months later, Stern settled the case which Dayan brought against him out-of-court. MB
General Stern Will Pay Soldier NIS 31,500
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IDF Manpower Chief General Elazar Stern will pay soldier Hananel Dayan 31,500 shekels in an out of court settlement for passing classified military documents about the soldier to the media. Dayan was vilified by the media after refusing to shake former Chief of Staff Dan Halutz’s hand at an award ceremony.
Dayan refused to shake Halutz’s hand because of the fact that Halutz was in charge of the 2005 Disengagement from Gaza. He discovered that Stern had passed documents to the media in the course of a separate lawsuit he brought against media personality Yair Lapid for slander.