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(14 Feb 2011) SHOTLIST
1. Lieutenant General Benny Gantz walking into news conference with his son
2. Mid of of Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen (wearing glasses, facing camera) talking to delegates
3. Former Israeli Defence Force (IDF) Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Gabi Ashkenazi, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak and Gantz sitting at table on podium
4. Mid of Barak (on the left) and Gantz
5. Mid of Ashkenazi and Netanyahu (on the right)
6. Netanyahu and Barak putting rank of newly appointed IDF Chief of Staff on Gantz' shoulders
7. Wide of Gantz shaking hands with Netanyahu
8. Cutaway of photographers
9. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, Israeli Defence Force Chief of Staff:
"I am assuming a heavy weight that symbolises, not only the great responsibility bestowed on me, but also my service to the people. With me today, more than ever, are all of the fallen Israeli Defence soldiers, my fallen friends and their families. Gilad Schalit and all of the missing soldiers whom we are praying for, for their return to their home and freedom."
9. Gantz walking off podium
9. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister:
"An earthquake is under way in the Arab world and in large parts of the Muslim world, and we do not yet know how things will end, things never end, history is dynamic."
10. Cutaway to journalists and delegates at news conference
11. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister:
"We hope for the best. We hope to widen the circle of peace, to strengthen the existing peace and to broaden it, but we are prepared for any possibility. And we know that at the end, because of the great changes, at the end our ability to affirm our existence and our ability to convince our neighbours to have peace with us leans on the Israeli Defence Force."
12. Pan to left of Gantz, Barak, Netanyahu and Ashkenazi standing during national anthem
13. Zoom-in to Gantz singing national anthem
STORYLINE
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed Lieutenant General Benny Gantz as the Israeli Defence Force's Chief of Staff on Monday in Jerusalem in front his US counterpart.
Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, was visiting Israel briefly for talks apparently aimed at reassuring Israel, which is concerned about instability in Egypt and the future of a 1979 peace treaty.
"An earthquake is under way in the Arab world and in large parts of the Muslim world, and we do not yet know how things will end," Netanyahu said in a speech during the ceremony.
He added that Israel hoped to strengthen its existing peace agreements and sign new ones, but remained "prepared for any possibility."
On Sunday the Israeli Cabinet approved Gantz's appointment, who takes office at a time of great uncertainty in the region.
He will have to deal with an evolving crisis in neighbouring Egypt, where longtime President Hosni Mubarak was ousted.
Gantz also will have to cope with militant threats from Lebanon to the north and Gaza in the south, as well as with Iran's disputed nuclear programme.
Gantz replaces Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, who stepped down on Monday after a tenure marked by high public approval ratings, but tensions with Defence Minister Ehud Barak.
Barak had nominated Major General Yoav Galant for the job, but a real estate scandal involving Galant forced his nomination to be withdrawn.

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