Jerusalem – Israel’s Ex-Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon Says He’ll Challenge Government

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    Former Israeli Minister of Defense Moshe "Boogie" Ya'alon visits at the Mahane Yehuda Market, in Jerusalem, on Friday,April 25, 2017. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 *** Local CaptionJerusalem – Israel’s hawkish former defense minister is attacking the government as corrupt and extreme – pledging to challenge it in the next election.

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    Moshe Yaalon told foreign reporters on Wednesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government “didn’t demonstrate its responsibility” and had undermined the country’s democratic values.

    Yaalon, who now heads a new political movement, said the extremist culture of “generating hatred for short-term political benefits” posed a greater challenge to Israel than Islamic militants.

    Yaalon, a former military chief, was forced to resign last year after Netanyahu expanded his coalition government and offered the defense post to Avigdor Lieberman, a firebrand leader of a hard-line nationalist party.

    Netanyahu and Yaalon had been at odds following a series of disagreements between political hard-liners and military leaders, with Yaalon backing the military.


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    triumphinwhitehouse
    triumphinwhitehouse
    6 years ago

    this guy is so incompetent when he was “defense” minister 73 Jewish boys got killed bec. he went into Gaza with no plan.

    Tsfat-Breslover-Kotzker
    Tsfat-Breslover-Kotzker
    6 years ago

    He was asked to resign (fired) after he tried to use the Azaria incident for political gain by making prejudicial statements to impress leftists.
    He may go down in history as the worst defense minister in the history of Israel for turning on the actions of a combat soldier with zero investigation completed.