Posts Tagged: Moshe Ya’alon
Ministerial Committee to Submit Burden-Sharing Bill to Knesset Within 49 Days
Ynet - It was announced Wednesday that Science Minister Yaakov Peri will head a ministerial committee that will legislate issues pertaining to "equal share of...
Hagel Congratulates New Israeli Defense Minister Ya’alon
JPost - Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon on Tuesday night held his first telephone conversation with his US counterpart Chuck Hagel after being sworn...
Netanyahu Names Ya’alon Israel’s New Defense Minister, Danon his Deputy
Benjamin Netanyahu has appointed Likud Knesset Member Moshe Ya'alon to the post of Defense Minister, replacing Ehud Barak. "During such a crucial time for the...
Israeli Soldiers Treat Wounded Syrians
The Israeli military has received and treated several injured Syrian refugees who approached the Israel-Syria border in the Golan Heights region, according to an Israeli...
Israel’s Next Cabinet: Who Will Fill Key Ministerial Positions?
Elections in Israel are five days away but there's already talk of who will fill key ministerial positions once the results are in. While Israel's...
Moshe Ya’alon: Strategic Thinker and Leader
A recent interview by journalist Ari Shavit with former IDF Chief of Staff, now Vice Premier, Moshe Ya'alon, provides a fascinating insight into...
Israel’s Octet: Meet the Men Who Will Decide on Iran Strike
On March 9th, The Daily Beast published an article entitled "Meet the Israeli 'Octet' That Would Decide an Iran Attack". It described the makeup of...
The Supreme Court Justice Who Refused to Sing the National Anthem
Could one imagine the media outrage if Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, or Justice Alito refused to sing the American national anthem? One could envision...
Rumsfeld ‘Amazed’ by Washington Treatment of Israel, Vice Premier Highlights ‘Conceptual Failure’ (PHOTOS)
Stressing that attributing current problems in the Middle East to the Israel- Palestinian conflict is a "continuous conceptual failure," Vice Prime Minister Moshe...
Is The Gilad Shalit Deal Good For Israel?
By Morton A. Klein and Daniel Mandel Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier kidnapped in 2006 and held captive in Hamas-controlled Gaza, has been freed. This...
Is Turkish-Israeli Reconciliation Imminent?
The fact that Israeli and Turkish officials have begun to renew dialogue at a time of significant uncertainty and turmoil in the broader Middle East...
