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Input (English): Context: Aluf (lit. "champion") is the term used in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) for officers who in other countries would have the rank of general, air marshal, or admiral. In addition to the "aluf" rank itself, there are four other ranks which are derivatives of the word. Together, they constitute the five highest ranks in the IDF., Israel , officially known as the State of Israel, is a country in the Middle East, on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea. It has land borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan on the east, the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip to the east and west, respectively, and Egypt to the southwest. The country contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area. Israel's financial and technology center is Tel Aviv, while its seat of government and proclaimed capital is Jerusalem, although the state's sovereignty over the city of Jerusalem is internationally unrecognized., Captain general (and its literal equivalent in several languages) is a high military rank of general officer grade, and a gubernatorial title., Second in Command is a 2006 American action film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and directed by Simon Fellows. The film was released on direct-to-DVD in the United States on May 2, 2006., Haganah (lit. "The Defence") was a Jewish paramilitary organization in the British Mandate of Palestine (192148), which became the core of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)., The military, also called the armed forces, are forces authorized to use deadly force, and weapons, to support the interests of the state and some or all of its citizens. The task of the military is usually defined as defense of the state and its citizens, and the prosecution of war against another state. The military may also have additional sanctioned and non-sanctioned functions within a society, including, the promotion of a political agenda, protecting corporate economic interests, internal population control, construction, emergency services, social ceremonies, and guarding important areas. The military can also function as a discrete subculture within a larger civil society, through the development of separate infrastructures, which may include housing, schools, utilities, food production and banking., Security forces in Israel (also known as Israel security establishment, , "Ma'arechet ha'Bitachon") include a variety of organizations, including law enforcement, military, paramilitary, governmental, and intelligence agencies., Gadi Eizenkot (born May 19, 1960) is the Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, taking the oath of office on February 16, 2015. He is the originator of the so-called Dahiya doctrine., The Israel Defense Forces ( IDF ) has a unique rank structure . Because the IDF is an integrated force , ranks are the same in all services ( there is no differentiation between army , navy , air force , etc. ) The ranks are derived from those of the paramilitary Haganah developed in the Mandate period to protect the Yishuv . This origin is reflected in the slightly compacted rank structure ; for instance , the Chief of Staff ( rosh ha'mate ha'klali , or ramatkal ) is seemingly only equivalent to a lieutenant general in other militaries ., Lieutenant general, lieutenant-general and similar (abbrev 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 battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a captain general., The Yishuv (literally "settlement") or Ha-Yishuv ("the Yishuv") is the term referring to the body of Jewish residents in the land of Israel (corresponding to Ottoman Syria until 1917, OETA South 19171920 and later Mandatory Palestine 19201948) prior to the establishment of the State of Israel. The term came into use in the 1880s, when there were about 25,000 Jews living across Land of Israel, then comprising the southern part of Ottoman Syria, and continued to be used until 1948, by which time there were about 700,000 Jews there. The term is used in Hebrew even nowadays to denote the Pre-State Jewish residents in the Land of Israel., A paramilitary is a semi-militarized force whose organizational structure, tactics, training, subculture, and (often) function are similar to those of a professional military, but which is not included as part of a state's formal armed forces., In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted from the 5th to the 15th century. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and merged into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. The Middle Ages is the middle period of the three traditional divisions of Western history: classical antiquity, the medieval period, and the modern period. The medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early, High, and Late Middle Ages., The Israel Defense Forces (IDF "lit." "The Army of Defense for Israel"), commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew acronym "Tzahal", are the military forces of the State of Israel. They consist of the ground forces, air force, and navy. It is the sole military wing of the Israeli security forces, and has no civilian jurisdiction within Israel. The IDF is headed by its Chief of General Staff, the "Ramatkal", subordinate to the Defense Minister of Israel; Lieutenant general ("Rav Aluf") Gadi Eizenkot has served as Chief of Staff since 2015., A lieutenant (abbreviated Lt., LT, LTA, Lieut., LEUT and LEUT.) is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces, fire service or police., Ottoman Syria refers to divisions of the Ottoman Empire within the Levant, usually defined as the region east of the Mediterranean Sea, west of the Euphrates River, north of the Arabian Desert and south of the Taurus Mountains., Subject: israel defense forces ranks, Relation: subclass_of, Options: (A) action film (B) age (C) air force (D) armed forces (E) army (F) capital (G) captain (H) chief of staff (I) city (J) code (K) command (L) construction (M) country (N) defence (O) doctrine (P) dvd (Q) film (R) force (S) general (T) government (U) hebrew (V) history (W) housing (X) intelligence (Y) jurisdiction (Z) law ([) lieutenant general (\) military (]) military rank (^) navy (_) oath (`) officer (a) paramilitary (b) rank (c) river (d) sea (e) seat (f) second (g) security (h) society (i) star (j) state (k) structure (l) support (m) task (n) term (o) title (p) training (q) van (r) variety (s) war (t) word
Output (English): military rank