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The Chief of the General Staff, also known as the Commander-in-Chief of the Israel Defense Forces (, ''Rosh HaMateh HaKlali'', abbr. ''Ramatkal''—) is the supreme commander and Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces. At any given time, the Chief of Staff is the only active officer holding the IDF's highest rank, ''rav aluf'' ((ヘブライ語:רב-אלוף)), which is usually translated into English as lieutenant general, a three-star rank. (The lone exception to this rule occurred during the Yom Kippur War, when former Chief of Staff Haim Bar-Lev, who was a government member at the moment of war outbreak, was brought out of retirement and installed as chief of Southern Command. For a brief period, he and Chief of Staff David Elazar were both in active service with the rank of ''rav aluf''.) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is an integrated force, its ranks are the same in all services. It has a slightly compacted rank structure; for instance, the Chief of Staff (''Ramatkal'' or ''rav aluf'' (Hebrew: רב-אלוף)) is seemingly only equivalent to a lieutenant general (NATO OF-8) in other militaries. ''Rav aluf'' means 'arch-general', which would be equal to a field marshal or five star general in other armies and equivalent to OF-10. ==Legal position== The position of ''ramatkal'' is defined in the ''Basic Law: The Military'' (1976), clause three: *The supreme command rank in the military is that of the Chief of the General Staff *The Chief of the General Staff is to be placed under the authority of the government and subordinate to the Defense Minister *The Chief of the General Staff is to be appointed by the government, according to the recommendation of the Defense Minister The Chief of Staff is formally appointed once every three years, with the government often extending the term to four years, and in some occasions, even five. As of 16 February 2015, the Chief of General Staff is Gadi Eizenkot. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chief of General Staff (Israel)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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