LEAKS IN ISRAEL GENERALS' FEUD

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on August 8 ordered Israel’s attorney-general to investigate embarrassing leaks about a feud among generals vying for the role of army chief. He told cabinet ministers Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein would “examine information from media reports regarding the appointment of the next chief of staff,” a spokesman said. Israeli generals have a history of campaigning publicly for promotions and bad blood is nothing new. But the latest race took a nasty turn with a report that one candidate had hired a publicity agent to smear his rivals. The spectacle was seen as a threat to cohesion in the military’s top ranks. The mass-circulation daily Yedioth Ahronoth called it “a great embarrassment.”