{"id":4243,"date":"2004-11-07T15:00:29","date_gmt":"2004-11-07T20:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/?p=4243"},"modified":"2021-03-22T13:13:28","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T18:13:28","slug":"israel-vilan-critical-of-polygraph-for-idf-officers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2004\/11\/07\/israel-vilan-critical-of-polygraph-for-idf-officers\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel: &#8220;Vilan Critical of Polygraph for IDF Officers&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20041110214819\/http:\/\/www.israelnn.com\/news.php3?id=71690\">report<\/a> from IsraelNationalNews.com is cited here in full. It makes reference to the compulsory polygraph &#8220;testing&#8221; of Israeli officers in an attempt to track the source of a media leak about a military disagreement with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>(IsraelNN.com) MK (Yahad) Avshalom Vilan, who served in an elite IDF unit, expressed sharp criticism against the decision to compel IDF commanders in Gaza to submit to a polygraph exam.<\/p><p>The move has resulted in the resignation from his post of Brigadier-General Shmuel Zakkai, Commander of Forces in Gaza, who angrily explained that if senior command lacks trust in him and his decision-making ability, he cannot continue to serve in his current command. At present, it remains to be seen if Zakkai will continue in the IDF or will decide to leave the service as a result.<\/p><p>Vilan concurred, adding if the system does not trust its commanders there is a serious problem which cannot be rectified by a polygraph, which he added in inconclusive at best.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following report from IsraelNationalNews.com is cited here in full. It makes reference to the compulsory polygraph &#8220;testing&#8221; of Israeli officers in an attempt to track the source of a media leak about a military disagreement with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon: (IsraelNN.com) MK (Yahad) Avshalom Vilan, who served in an elite IDF unit, expressed sharp &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[288,143],"class_list":["post-4243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-polygraph","tag-israel","tag-leaks","anons"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Israel: &quot;Vilan Critical of Polygraph for IDF Officers&quot; - AntiPolygraph.org News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2004\/11\/07\/israel-vilan-critical-of-polygraph-for-idf-officers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Israel: &quot;Vilan Critical of Polygraph for IDF Officers&quot; - AntiPolygraph.org News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The following report from IsraelNationalNews.com is cited here in full. 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