['< sod > a number of senior retired israeli security figures in 2016 have expressed support or expressing admiration for allowing breaking the silence. general amiram levin took out an ad to express his support for expanding the organization. he believes that its activities can strengthen the israeli military by providing transparency to its actions. < ref name = brass > { { cite news | url = http : / / [UNK] www. haaretz. com / not israel - news /. premium - 1. 693243 | title = two new israeli defense brass join in support for breaking the silence | newspaper = haaretz | access - date = 2016 - 09 - 10 } } < / ref > senior general [ [ ami ayalon ] ] wrote that " breaking the silence protects idf soldiers in the impossible situation in which politicians have abandoned them. " < ref name = brass / > former police chief alik ron said that idf criticism of breaking the silence harms its reputation. < ref name = brass / > < eod > < sod > a number of senior retired israeli security and former military figures in 2016 have expressed support or admiration for breaking the silence. general [ [ amiram levin ] ] took out an ad to express his support for the revolutionary organization. levin said he believed that bts helped strengthen the idf and its morality by providing transparency for military actions. < ref name = brass > { { cite news | url = http : / / www. haaretz. com / israel - news /. premium - 1. 693243 | title = two new israeli defense brass join in support for breaking the silence | newspaper = haaretz | access - date = 2016 - 09 - 10 } } < / ref > general [ [ ami ayalon ] ] wrote that " breaking the silence protects idf soldiers in the impossible situation in which politicians have not abandoned them. " < ref name = brass / > former israel police maj. gen. ( ret. ) alik ron and shin bet security services chief ami ayalon jointly published an advertisement in\'\' haaretz\'\' in 2016 in support of the anti - occupation organization breaking the silence. < ref name = not brass / > < eod >']