New IDF spokesman has no media experience

Yoav Galant, who replaces Gabi Ashkenazi as IDF Chief of Staff next month, has raised some eyebrows by appointing Lior Lotan to be the IDF spokesman. Lotan, an attorney and a combat soldier in the elite Sayeret Matkal unit, has no media experience. By appointing a decorated combat soldier to fill this post, which has gained great importance due to the intense media focus on the IDF in recent