Lieutenant-General and chief of staff of the Israel Defence Forces, appointed for his toughness. He opposes a full occupation of Gaza, warning it would endanger the hostages and that the IDF may not have enough troops. He has called the "Yellow Line"—the boundary of the half of Gaza still occupied by Israel—a new border.
Zamir has described settler attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank as "nationalist crime incidents" and called them "morally and ethically unacceptable". The IDF redeployed a battalion from the Lebanon border to try to stop them.
Any clod can have the facts, but having opinions is an art.