NORTHERN EXPOSURE

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman pays his first visit to the IDF Northern Command on Tuesday where he received briefings from IDF Chief of Staff, Lt.-Gen. Gadi Eisenkot. The freshly appointed minister was also updated by OC Northern Command, Maj.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi, the head of the Northern Formation and Commander of the IDF Staff and Command College, Maj.-Gen. Yossi Bachar, and regional commanders in the North. ‘I was impressed by the readiness, the plans and preparations,’ said Liberman. ‘The role of the IDF here is to safeguard the quiet on the northern border... we have no other plans, other than to safeguard the quiet... I would not advise anyone to try and test us.’