Moshe Yaalon
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Lt. Gen. (Res.) Moshe Ya'alon was a distinguished fellow at the Shalem Center's Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies until
Ya'alon enrolled in the IDF in 1968, serving in the Nahal Paratroop Regiment. After fighting in the 1973 Yom Kippur War as a reservist, he returned to active duty and held several command positions before his appointment to Chief of Staff in 2002.
From 2005 to 2006, Ya'alon shared his military expertise as a distinguished military fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Currently, he is the chairman of Beit Morasha's Center for Jewish Identity and Culture and president of "Shekel," an organization which provides community services for people with disabilities.
Born in Kiryat Haim in 1950, Ya'alon received a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Haifa, and pursued advanced studies at the Command and Staff College in Camberley, England.
General Ya'alon is married and has three children.
Bibliography
"In those days there was no king in Israel",
Articles
"A New Strategy for the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict"
"The NIE and Iran"
"Does the Prospective Purchase of British Gas from Gaza's Coastal Waters Threaten Israel's National Security?"
"Islamists can be defeated"
"It's time to end Mideast illusions, stop pushing for Israeli concessions"
"Misinterpreting the Mideast"
Open Letter to Blair
"False assumptions"
"The IDF and the Israeli Spirit,"
"Hamas and Israel: From Isolation to Confrontation,"
"The Security Implications of a Hamas-led Palestinian Authority,"
"Lessons from the Fight Against Terrorism,"
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he became a member of Knesset for the Likud party and subsequenly was named Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Strategic Affairs for the Israeli government. Succeeding an illustrious career as an officer in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Ya'alon served as the 17th IDF Chief of Staff from 2002 to 2005. During this period he successfully led the army's campaign to quell the Palestinian terror launched in September 2000.
