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| Ya'alon's public pronouncements have been controversial. For example he told the ] Newspaper on 27 August 2002, | Ya'alon's public pronouncements have been controversial. For example he told the ] Newspaper on 27 August 2002, | ||
| :"the Palestinian threat harbors cancer-like attributes that have to be severed. There are all kinds of solutions to cancer. Some say it's necessary to amputate organs but at the moment I am applying chemotheraphy." | :"the Palestinian threat harbors cancer-like attributes that have to be severed. There are all kinds of solutions to cancer. Some say it's necessary to amputate organs but at the moment I am applying chemotheraphy." | ||
| Recently Yaalon has publicly spoken against Prime Minister Sharons plan to evacuate the Gaza Strip and has once again landed himself in hot water for his personal opinions candor. | |||
| ==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
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Lieutenant-General Moshe Ya'alon is a General of the Israeli Defence Force. He was appointed Chief of Staff (רמטכ"ל) in July of 2002.
He began his service in the Nahal Brigade but in reserve duty he served in the Paratroopers Brigade. He has vast combat experience as an infantry and a commando in a Sayeret elite unit. In the 1990's he served as high-ranking officer and commanded large-scales units and systems.
Ya'alon's public pronouncements have been controversial. For example he told the Haaretz Newspaper on 27 August 2002,
- "the Palestinian threat harbors cancer-like attributes that have to be severed. There are all kinds of solutions to cancer. Some say it's necessary to amputate organs but at the moment I am applying chemotheraphy."