Graduation ceremony of IDF Command & Staff College

The Command and Staff College ( he, המכללה הבין-זרועית לפיקוד ולמטה), abbreviated he, פּוּ"ם, פום, PUM, also translated as Inter-Service Command and Staff College,

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, is intended for the training of senior

Israel Defense Forces The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the Israel, State of Israel. It consists of three servic ...

(IDF) officers. It was established on May 31, 1954. In mid-1980s the collected statistics showed that a significant number of senior officers paid little attention to this kind of study. This, together with the drawbacks in military training revealed during the

1982 Lebanon War The 1982 Lebanon War, dubbed Operation Peace for Galilee ( he, מבצע שלום הגליל, or מבצע של"ג ''Mivtsa Shlom HaGalil'' or ''Mivtsa Sheleg'') by the Israeli government, later known in Israel as the Lebanon War or the First L ...

, had led to a series of reorganizations, continued well into 2010s. In 1991 all military colleges, including PUM, were merged into the

IDF Military Colleges The IDF Military Colleges is a centralized educational unit of the Israeli Defence Forces under the command of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, General Staff. Since 2019 its commander is ''aluf'' Itai Veruv. It was established in 19 ...

unit under the

General Staff A military staff or general staff (also referred to as army staff, navy staff, or air staff within the individual services) is a group of officers, enlisted and civilian staff who serve the commander of a division or other large military un ...

. In 2004 it was decided to add a course for Air Force. Eventually the two courses were merged into a single "Afek course" (named after Sharon Afek) intended for commanders and staff officers ranked Lieutenant Colonel and above from all military arms. In 2018 the

University of Haifa The University of Haifa ( he, אוניברסיטת חיפה Arabic: جامعة حيفا) is a university located on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel. Founded in 1963, the University of Haifa received full academic accreditation in 1972, becoming Is ...

had won the first-ever educational tender from the IDF for all military colleges, including PUM.

Commanders

*1954-1956: Aharon Yariv, member of the founding team and the first commander *1969-1972:

Moshe Peled Moshe Peled may refer to: *Moshe Peled (politician), Israeli politician, Knesset member between 1992 and 1999 *Moshe Peled (soldier) Moshe "Musa" Peled (July 31, 1925 - April 16, 2000) was an Israeli military commander, '' tat aluf'' (Brigadier G ...

*2001-2004: , ''tat-

aluf ''Aluf'' ( he, אלוף, lit=champion or "First\leader of a group" in Biblical Hebrew; ) is a senior military rank in the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) for officers who in other countries would have the rank of general, air marshal, or admiral. ...

'' (

Brigadier general Brigadier general or Brigade general is a military rank used in many countries. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries. The rank is usually above a colonel, and below a major general or divisional general. When appointed ...

) *2004-2006:

Amos Ben-Abraham Amos or AMOS may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Amos Records, an independent record label established in Los Angeles, California, in 1968 * Amos (band), an American Christian rock band * ''Amos'' (album), an album by Michael Ray * ''Amos' ...

*2006-2009:

Avi Ashkenazi Avi is a given name, usually masculine, often a diminutive of Avram, Avraham, etc. It is sometimes feminine and a diminutive of the Hebrew spelling of Abigail. People with the given name include: * Avi (born 1937), Newbery award-winning Ameri ...

*2009-2011:

Noam Tivon Noam ( he, נועם) is a Hebrew name which means "pleasantness", and although it started as the male version of the female ''Na'omi'' (English: "Naomi" or " Noémie"), today, it is a very common Hebrew name for both males and females alike. The c ...

*2011-2014:

Harel Knafo Harel is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Alon Harel (1957-), Israeli law professor * Dan Harel (1955-), general in the Israeli Defense Force * David Harel (1950-), computer sciences professor * Ede ...

*2014:

Herzi Halevi Herzl "Herzi" Halevi ( he, הרצל "הרצי" הלוי; born 17 December 1967) is the Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, having taken the oath of office on January 16, 2023. He previously served as the commander of the Isra ...

*2014-2015:

Roni Numa Roni Numa ( he, רוני נומה; also known as Ronny Numa,born 1967) is an Israeli retired Major general (Aluf) who headed the Central Command of the Israel Defense Force from 2015 to 2018. Military service Numa was drafted into the IDF in 19 ...

*2015-2016: , ''tat-aluf'' *2016-2019: , ''rav-aluf'' (

Lieutenant general Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...

) *2019-present:

Rafi Milo Rafael David (Rafi) Milo ( he, רפאל דוד "רפי" מילוא; born April 17, 1972) is an Israel Defense Forces major general (Aluf) who currently serves as the commander of the Homefront Command. Milo previously served as the commander o ...

, ''tat-aluf''הקצין שנכנס עם חייליו למנהרת חיזבאללה ביקש לפרוש
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Yedioth Ahronoth ''Yedioth Ahronoth'' ( he, יְדִיעוֹת אַחֲרוֹנוֹת, ; lit. ''Latest News'') is a national daily newspaper published in Tel Aviv, Israel. Founded in 1939 in British Mandatory Palestine, ''Yedioth Ahronoth'' is the largest paid n ...

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