the generals of foreign armies. It can also be used colloquially in reference to a senior Israeli officer, in a derogatory sense implying that the officer in question is over-officious, incompetent, or involved in internecine power struggles with other officers, sometimes referred to as the "war of the generals" (), to the neglect of proper military duties. For example, former Israeli Labor Party chairman Amir Peretz, criticized in a speech two other party members who both held the rank of (retired) aluf: former Vice-Chief of General Staff, Matan Vilnai and former Commander of the Israeli Navy, Ami Ayalon, referring to them (and other former senior officers of the IDF) as "the generals and admirals": See also Israel Defense Forces ranks Mickey Marcus - the IDF's first aluf. Yaakov Dori - the IDF's first rav aluf (Chief of Staff) References Military ranks of Israel