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Revision as of 05:32, 15 August 2006 by 69.22.249.79 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Lieutenant-General Moshe Ya'alon (Hebrew: משה "בוגי" יעלון) (born 1950) is a General of the Israeli Defence Force. He was appointed Chief of Staff on July 9 of 2002, and served in that position until June 1, 2005.
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."
Some believe that Yaalon's style of authority has been undermined by to his inability to rein in the more aggressive Aluf Dan Halutz, Yaalons Deputy Chief of Staff as of early 2004.
In January 2004, Yaalon publicly stated that the 13 Sayeret Matkal soldiers who refused to serve in the territories, were taking the units name in vain.
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| Preceded byShaul Mofaz | Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces 2002-2005 |
Succeeded byDan Halutz |