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An alleged Ya’alon quotation widely circulated by journalist [[Arnaud de Borchgrave]] and historian [[Rashid Khalidi]], ''"The Palestinians must be made to understand in the deepest recesses of their consciousness that they are a defeated people,"'' was later exposed as a fabrication. |
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Revision as of 23:01, 31 January 2009
Moshe Ya'alon | |
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| Nickname(s) | "Bogie" |
| Allegiance | Israel Defense Forces |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Commands held | Gadsar Tzanchanim, Sayeret Matkal, Paratroopers Brigade, West Bank Division, AMAN, Central Command, General Staff |
| Battles/wars | Yom Kippur War, Operation Litani, 1982 Lebanon War, 1982-2000 South Lebanon conflict, First Intifada, Second Intifada |
| Awards | Legion of Merit |
| Other work | Shalem Center, Likud |
Moshe "Bogie" Ya'alon (Hebrew: משה "בוגי" יעלון; born 24 June 1950) is an Israeli politician and former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces.
Biography
Ya'alon was born as Moshe Smilansky and grew up in Kiryat Haim, a working class suburb of Haifa. He was active in the Labor Zionist youth movement "HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed" and joined a Nahal group named Ya'alon, a name he later adapted. His military service was in the nahal, 1968-1971, and later he became a member of kibutz Grofit in the Arabah region near Eilat. Following the Yom Kippur War in 1973, where Ya'alon served as a reservist, he rejoined the IDF and served in the Paratroopers Brigades and Sayeret Matkal.
Ya'alon was appointed a head of Military Intelligence in 1995 and commanding officer of Israel's Central Command, responsible for the West Bank, in 1998. He was in this position when the Second Intifada was launched in September 2000. He was appointed Chief of Staff on 9 July 2002, and served in that position until 1 June 2005. The major focus throughout his service was the army's effort to quell the Second Intifada.
Ya'alon's public pronouncements have been controversial. For example he told the Haaretz newspaper on 27 August 2002; "The Palestinian threat harbours 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 chemotherapy."[1] [2]
In January 2004, Ya'alon publicly stated that the 13 Sayeret Matkal soldiers who refused to serve in the Israeli-occupied territories were taking the unit's name in vain.
In February 2005, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz decided not to prolong Ya'alon's service as Chief of Staff for another year. This marked the climax of tensions between Mofaz and Ya'alon, which had arisen partly through Ya'alon's objection to the disengagement plan from the Gaza Strip. On 1 June 2005, Ya'alon ended his military service and Dan Halutz, his successor, oversaw the disengagement.
In December 2005, relatives of the victims of the 1996 shelling of Qana filed suit against Ya'alon in Washington, D.C., for his role in their deaths. [3]
In late 2006, Ya'alon was in New Zealand on a private fund-raising trip organised by the Jewish National Fund. An Auckland District Court judge issued a warrant for his arrest for alleged war crimes arising from his role in the 2002 assassination of Hamas leader Salah Shahade in Gaza City, in which at least 14 Palestinian civilians were killed, [4] saying that New Zealand had an obligation to uphold the Geneva Convention. The Attorney-General of New Zealand, Michael Cullen, overruled the warrant after advice from the Crown Law office that there was insufficient evidence.[5] [4]
In January 2008, during a discussion on the Interdisciplinary Center, Ya'alon said "There is no way to stabilize the situation all over the world and especially in the Middle East without confronting Iran."[6]
After leaving his position as Chief of Staff Ya'alon spent some time in the think tank Washington Institute for Near East Policy and became a Senior Fellow at the Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies at the Shalem Center Institute for International and Middle East Studies. Ya'alon also serves as the chairman of the Center for Jewish Identity and Culture at Beit Morasha in Jerusalem.
On 17 November 2008 Ya'alon announced that he was joining the Likud party and that he would participate in the primaries which would determine the Likud candidates for the February 2009 Israeli elections.[7] In the Likud Primaries held on December 8th 2008 he won 8th spot on the list.[8]
Bogus Ya’alon quotation
An alleged Ya’alon quotation widely circulated by journalist Arnaud de Borchgrave and historian Rashid Khalidi, "The Palestinians must be made to understand in the deepest recesses of their consciousness that they are a defeated people," was later exposed as a fabrication. [9] [10]
References
- ^ Ha'aretz "The enemy within" by Ari Shavit (part 1)
- ^ Ha'aretz "The enemy within" by Ari Shavit (continued)
- ^ Lawsuit filed against Ya'alon in US court | International | Jerusalem Post
- ^ a b "Ex-Israeli army chief praises NZ for wiping arrest warrant". New Zealand Herald.
- ^ "Government overrules war-crimes arrest order". New Zealand Herald.
- ^ The College Zionist: Interview with Former IDF Chief-of-Staff Moshe Yaalon
- ^ Meranda, Amnon (2008-11-18). "Yaalon: Withdrawals Must End". Ynetnews. Retrieved 2008-11-19.
- ^ "Likud primary results for February 10th national elections". Haaretz. 2008-12-09. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
- ^ Editor’s Note appended to “What You Don’t Know About Gaza,” RASHID KHALIDI , New York Times, January 8, 2009 [1]
- ^ January 8, 2009, Rikki Hollander and Alex Safian, PhD, Rashid Khalidi Uses Bogus Quote in New York Times Op-Ed http://www.camera.org/index.asp?x_context=2&x_outlet=35&x_article=1587]
Bibliography
- The IDF and the Israeli Spirit, essay in Azure magazine.
- Ethical Dilemmas in Counterterrorism October 2007.
- Israel and the Palestinians: A New Strategy, Autumn 2008.
- A New Strategy for the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 2 September 2008, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.
- Zionism in the 21st Century – Israel and the Jewish People , May 2008.
External links
- Biography from Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Personal site of Moshe Yaalon
- Moshe Ya`alon Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies
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