llan Harari is a retired Israel Defense Forces brigadier general who served as chief education officer of the Education and Youth Corps. Harari served in various combat positions, including a command position in the Nahal Brigade and as a battalion commander in the Golani Brigade. On September 22, 2006, he announced his retirement and stated that Israel had lost the Lebanon War. General Yiftah Ron-Tal voiced the same opinion. Israel's Chief of Staff Dan Halutz disputed this assessment.