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Lieutenant-General '''Moshe Ya'alon''' is a General of the ]. He was appointed ] (רמטכ"ל) in ] of ]. | Lieutenant-General '''Moshe Ya'alon''' is a General of the ]. He was appointed ] (רמטכ"ל) in ] of ]. | ||
He began his service in the ] but in reserve duty he served in the ]. He has vast combat experience as an infantry and a commando in a ] elite unit. In the 1990's he served as high-ranking officer and commanded large-scales units and systems. | |||
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Ya'alon's public pronouncements have been controversial. For example he told the ] Newspaper on 27 August 2002, | |||
Some believe that Yaalon's style of authority has been undermined by to his inability to rein in the more agressive Aluf Dan Halutz, Yaalons Deputy Chief of Staff as of early 2004. | |||
⚫ | :"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." | ||
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In January 2004, Yaalon publicly stated that the 13 Sayaret Matkal soldiers who refused to serve in the territories, were taking the units name in vain. | |||
They replied to his remarks at www.ipcri.org on their link place4peace portal and Israeli affairs link. | |||
Mofaz ordered the blocking of www.ipcri.org which has angered Israeli journalists.==External Links== | |||
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Revision as of 19:49, 3 March 2004
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 Paratrooper 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."