El Al chair to step down

David Brodet has announced that he is stepping down as chairman of El Al Israel Airlines at the end of May. “During my tenure as chairman, I worked … to get the company what it needed, to overcome the great crisis El Al has gone through since it was founded,” Brodet wrote in a letter to directors, saying he led the negotiations with the Finance Ministry. Brodet has served as chair for the past seven months and has compared his tenure at the flag carrier to reserve duty in the military, calling it a duty: “I have set goals for