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Revision as of 23:16, 12 February 2004 by 216.109.1.226 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)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.
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 agressive Aluf Dan Halutz, Yaalons Deputy Chief of Staff as of early 2004.
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==