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Israel Today
March 16, 2018
Israel is ranked 18th among importers of arms, having spent $528 million last year. Nearly all (97.5 percent) of Israel's arms imports come from the US, with the remainder coming from Germany. PHOTO: Former Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon inspecting developments at Israel Air Force Industries.
Al-Monitor
March 16, 2018
As Knesset member Orly Levy-Abekasis promotes her newly formed party, her popularity already points to a changing of the old guard in Israeli politics. Facebook/JOLNews. Orly Levy-Abekasis is pictured in an image uploaded March 7, 2018. Knesset member Orly Levy-Abekasis announced the establishment of a newÃÂ ...
Aljazeera.com
February 16, 2018
This recommendation is at the more serious end of the spectrum of charges expected to be levelled against Netanyahu in two criminal investigations that have been ongoing for more than a year. Netanyahu, who has denied wrongdoing and pledged to stay in office regardless, has been questioned severalÃÂ ...
Sputnik International
February 14, 2018
Former Defense Ministry Moshe Yaalon claimed that Netanyahu attempted to facilitate the deal by urging the cancellation of a previous tender for the submarines issued by the Defense Ministry. The Prime Minister has denied those allegations. Bezeq Affair. GIF. Case 4000, also known as Bezeq affair,ÃÂ ...
http://hamodia.com
February 12, 2018
The Finance Ministry has been resisting a defense increase, on the grounds that it would nullify the agreement reached with the previous defense minister, Moshe Yaalon, two years ago. That provided for an annual defense budget fixed for five years, giving the IDF the funding stability needed to planÃÂ ...
The Australian Financial Review
February 3, 2018
Israeli security officials say that their regional security concerns increasingly align with those of the Persian Gulf states. In 2016, Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said Israeli officials were secretly meeting with counterparts from the gulf in "closed rooms" united against a common "bad guy" - Iran.
Mondoweiss
February 2, 2018
Key speaker was Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon, who said: “We are going to hurt Lebanese civilians to include kids of the family. We went through a very long deep discussion … we did it then, we did it in [the] Gaza Strip, we are going to do it in any round of hostilities in the future.” Whoa, hang on – theÃÂ ...
Foreign Affairs
January 26, 2018
In recent years, a noticeable shift has taken place between Israel and the Sunni Arab world: the scope of common interests between them has widened, and they have found themselves successfully cooperating on a number of strategically important issues, such as security, energy, and the sharing ofÃÂ ...
Foreign Affairs
December 12, 2016
Last May, I resigned from the Israeli government and parliament. I did so largely for reasons of domestic policy, including differences with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on issues such as respect for the rule of law and the independence of the Supreme Court. National policy toward the PalestiniansÃÂ ...
New York Times
May 20, 2016
JERUSALEM — Israel's defense minister abruptly announced his resignation on Friday, saying he had lost faith in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and was “fearful for Israel's future” after his job had apparently been offered to a rival in a far-right party. The minister, Moshe Yaalon, is a senior leader inÃÂ ...
Haaretz
December 31, 1999
At the height of the second intifada, the chief of staff at the time, Moshe Yaalon, was asked how we'd know that Israel had vanquished Palestinian suicide bombings. Yaalon answered that victory would be achieved through “cognitive etching” – Palestinian acknowledgement that the terror attacks wouldn'tÃÂ ...
Mondoweiss
February 2, 2018
In 2015, Shurat Hadin held a conference titled “Towards a new law of war”, which focused on helping Israel use “lawfare” to defend its crimes in courts around the world. Key speaker was Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon, who said: “We are going to hurt Lebanese civilians to include kids of the family.
Foreign Affairs
January 26, 2018
In recent years, a noticeable shift has taken place between Israel and the Sunni Arab world: the scope of common interests between them has widened, and they have found themselves successfully cooperating on a number of strategically important issues, such as security, energy, and the sharing ofÃÂ ...
Haaretz
January 11, 2018
When his party joined the government, after Benjamin Netanyahu threw Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon under the bus, Ilatov and his party leader, Avigdor Lieberman, didnt have the minimal decency to vacate their seat on the committee. The remaining opposition factions turned a blind eye, to preserveÃÂ ...
Online Athens
January 2, 2018
“Now the feeling is that Putin is the king of Syria and the United States is in retreat,” I was told by former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon. How can this be, you ask, when Trump was welcomed warmly in Jerusalem and lavishly in Saudi Arabia? In contrast to Obama's muffing of red lines, Trump firedÃÂ ...
Los Angeles Times
December 23, 2017
Whatever the intentions, Netanyahu was blasted by a series of high-profile speakers, including Moshe Yaalon, a former minister of defense in Netanyahu's government and former chief of staff of the Israeli Defense Forces. "When we fought, were wounded and lost soldiers and family members, we didn'tÃÂ ...
European Jewish Press
December 20, 2017
Lieberman noted that while the IDF was bound by a 2015 budgetary agreement signed by then Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon that runs through to 2020, the terms of the agreement allowed for budgetary additions in the event of significant changes in the securityÃÂ ...
Haaretz
December 13, 2017
There's great interest in a conflict of interest scandal surrounding an Israeli submarine purchase from a German company, but Levin says that he seeks an explanation not from Netanyahu, but from Moshe Yaalon, the former defense minister, for letting it happen, as he said, under his nose. The scandal isÃÂ ...
Foreign Affairs
December 12, 2016
Last May, I resigned from the Israeli government and parliament. I did so largely for reasons of domestic policy, including differences with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on issues such as respect for the rule of law and the independence of the Supreme Court. National policy toward the PalestiniansÃÂ ...
New York Times
May 20, 2016
JERUSALEM — Israel's defense minister abruptly announced his resignation on Friday, saying he had lost faith in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and was “fearful for Israel's future” after his job had apparently been offered to a rival in a far-right party. The minister, Moshe Yaalon, is a senior leader inÃÂ ...
Al-Monitor
December 31, 1999
Palestinians are hoping for a Yitzhak Rabin-style Israeli leadership from the security establishment that will distance itself from current settlement annexation policies. REUTERS/Gali Tibbon. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sits next to Cabinet Secretary Tzachi Braverman and Israeli IntelligenceÃÂ ...
Monitor
December 31, 1999
“Now the feeling is that Putin is the king of Syria and the United States is in retreat,” former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon told me. How can this be when Trump was welcomed warmly in Jerusalem and lavishly in Saudi Arabia? In contrast to Obama's muffing of red lines, Trump fired missiles at aÃÂ ...
World Israel News
November 23, 2017
... administration has denied that the president leaked the intelligence. Former IDF Chief of Staff and Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon, who has intimate knowledge of such operations, told IDF Radio that several of the details in the report seemed questionable to him. ISISMossadSayeret MatkalSyriaTrump ...
European Jewish Press
November 21, 2017
Lieberman noted that while the IDF was bound by a 2015 budgetary agreement signed by then Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon that runs through to 2020, the terms of the agreement allowed for budgetary additions in the event of significant changes in the security ...
Jewish Chronicle
October 27, 2017
Former Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon tried to get Lehava outlawed as a terror organisation in 2015, but the government failed to establish ...
The National
October 19, 2017
But in February 2009 Kasher told Haaretz its ideas had been “adopted” by Moshe Yaalon, who was IDF chief of staff when the article was first ...
http://hamodia.com
October 19, 2017
Nothing will change that feeling,” Azaria wrote, apparently referring to public statements made by then-Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon and ...
The American Interest
October 3, 2017
As former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon noted in an interview with The American Interest last year, the Israeli government, for one ...
Haaretz
September 25, 2017
File photo: An Israeli soldier holds up a Skylark I unmanned drone as part of a demonstration for then-Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon, ...
http://hamodia.com
September 12, 2017
... sponsor terrorism, first and foremost, Iran,” said former Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon on Tuesday at the annual Counter-Terror Conference ...
Telegraph.co.uk
March 19, 2017
Moshe Ya'alon served in Netanyahu's government for seven years. Now he is forming his own party to run against him. Credit: THOMASÂ ...
New York Times
May 20, 2016
While Moshe Yaalon says he is leaving because of growing extremism in Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the resignation ...
Mintpress News (blog)
December 31, 1999
... Ya'alon described the top diplomat as being “obsessive” and “messianic.” He went on to remark that the “only thing that can save us is if Kerry wins the Nobel Peace Prize and leaves us alone.” Top photo | Israel's Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon, speaks during a press conference at the Defense Ministry ...
Palestine News Network
August 30, 2017
Former army minister, Moshe Yaalon, has agreed to evacuate them. The area is expected to be enough to establish 500 – 1000 housing units .
Palestine News Network
August 28, 2017
Former PM and minister of Army, Ehud Barak, current minister of army Avigdor Lieberman, former minister of strategic affairs Moshe Yaalon,ÃÂ ...
Haaretz
August 28, 2017
... during Operation Protective Edge, Moshe Yaalon. However, in prisoner deals, Israel has returned bodies of terrorists and Palestinian fighters.
Al-Monitor
August 1, 2017
The support by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his party members for the IDF soldier convicted of manslaughter in HebronÃÂ ...
Telegraph.co.uk
March 19, 2017
Moshe Ya'alon served in Netanyahu's government for seven years. Now he is forming his own party to run against him. Credit: THOMASÃÂ ...
New York Times
May 20, 2016
While Moshe Yaalon says he is leaving because of growing extremism in Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the resignationÃÂ ...
Petra News Agency
December 31, 1999
It was agreed with the former Israeli minster Moshe Yaalon, to evacuate the land which is expected to have enough space for the establishmentÃÂ ...
The New Indian Express
February 24, 2017
A draft released to senior officials reportedly condemns Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon for failing to prepare for the threat posed by Hamas tunnels from Gaza, despite alerts from the intelligence services. Hamas ...
Middle East Monitor
February 24, 2017
Former Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon has admitted that Israel has maintained contact with extremist organisations fighting in Syria, especially those near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
Forward
February 24, 2017
Before joining Human rights Watch in 2016, Shakir was a legal fellow at the Center for Constitutional Rights, an organization has filed war crimes lawsuits against former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon and former director of the Shin Bet ...
Vermont Cynic
February 23, 2017
Fake news is the intentional spread of misinformation, and though the news might be fake, the repercussions are very real. For example, a Dec. 20 article published by AWDNews mistakenly quoted former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon as threateningÃÂ ...
JerusalemOnline
February 22, 2017
Photo credit: Tomer Neuberg, Flash 90/Channel 2 News. Former Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon has offered Tamar Asraf, a spokeswoman for the Binyamin Regional Council, a reserved seat on his future elections list, Channel 2 News reported Wednesday.
Herald and News
February 22, 2017
The controversy contributed to a rupture between then-Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which culminated in Ya'alon's resignation.
PJ Media
February 21, 2017
Those who follow the news in Israel will have noted the reports of sporadic demonstrations in the country by Jews identifiable by their dress as "chareidim" -- that is, seriously Orthodox Jews -- against the draft law which was passed in 2014.
The Real News Network
February 21, 2017
The former Minister of Defense of Israel, Moshe Ya'alon, he said that Elor Azaria has to stand trial for what he did. What he did was wrong, was not part of the military heart in that he was not following orders.
http://hamodia.com
February 21, 2017
Supporters of Elor Azaria show their support outside HaKirya military court in Tel Aviv on Tuesday. (Miriam Alster/Flash90). YERUSHALAYIM - Elor Azaria, the IDF soldier who was convicted of manslaughter for shooting a terrorist in Chevron last Purim ...
Los Angeles Times
February 21, 2017
Former Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot said that Azaria had violated the military's values.
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