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Israel's Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon, speaks during a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP/Sebastian Scheiner)
Israel/Palestine

Former Israeli Minister Brags About Killing the Most Palestinians

Israeli Defense Minister: Israel Forgives ISIS For Attack Following Apology

“As we understand, it was done by mistake and it was only once.”

May 4th, 2017
Middle East Monitor
May 4th, 2017
By Middle East Monitor
Israel's Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon, speaks during a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP/Sebastian Scheiner)

Israel has decided to “absorb” an unintended attack by Daesh after the terrorist group “apologized” for it, former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon told reporters on Wednesday. Expanding on comments made last week on the effectiveness of Israel’s “red lines” policy (by which Israel responds even to unintentional fire), Yaalon asserted that

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Former Israeli Defense Minister Says ISIS Once Apologized For Attacking Israeli Soldiers

Former Israeli defense minister Moshe Ya’alon on Saturday said ISIS in the Syrian Golan Heights “apologized” for attacking an Israeli unit last November, implying open communication between ISIS and the Israeli Defense Forces.

April 25th, 2017
Whitney Webb
April 25th, 2017
By Whitney Webb
Two men, not specified which group of rebels, ride a motorcycle towards an abandoned UN base at Syria's Quneitra border crossing between Syria and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Monday, Nov. 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Speaking at a cultural event in Afula, Israel, former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon acknowledged that Israel maintains open communications with a Daesh (ISIS) cell, known as the Khalid ibn al-Walid Army, operating in the annexed Golan Heights. Ironically, Ya’alon’s statements came as he was discussing Israel’s policy of “neutrality” in the

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Israel’s Defense Minister Exposes Israel’s Divide-And-Conquer Regional Strategy

In addition to blowing the cover on Israel’s secret dealings with the Gulf states to target Iran, the defense minister expressed Israel’s hope that Syria might be divided up into ethnic enclaves, each ruled by mini-warlords.

February 19th, 2016
Richard Silverstein
February 19th, 2016
By Richard Silverstein
Moshe Yaalon, Defence Minister of Israel, gestures during his speech at the Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

SEATTLE (ANALYSIS) --- Israel’s defense minister spoke with uncharacteristic bluntness recently as he outlined Israel’s geopolitical strategy regarding two critical fronts in the nation’s relations with its neighbors: the Saudi-Iran proxy war and Syria. Speaking at the annual Munich security conference, Moshe Ya’alon was even so bold as to blow

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Netanyahu’s ‘Genocidal’ Cabinet Promises More Conflict, Isolation For Israel

Members of Benjamin Netanyahu’s new cabinet have previously called Palestinians “beasts” and their children “little snakes,” warned of the “cancer-like attributes” of Palestinian society, and celebrated the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, among other atrocities.

May 15th, 2015
Joe Catron
May 15th, 2015
By Joe Catron
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, second right, heads the new government as ministers take their place including Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, left, and Moshe Kahlon, Housing Minister, second left, as the prime minister fills cabinet posts at the last minute forming the 34th government of Israel, two months after the mid-March general elections.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, second right, heads the new government as ministers take their place including Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, left, and Moshe Kahlon, Housing Minister, second left, as the prime minister fills cabinet posts at the last minute forming the 34th government of Israel, two months after the mid-March general

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VIDEO: Autopsy Shows Slain Palestinian Minister Was Beaten

Reports: An autopsy on a Palestinian minister who died in the occupied West Bank Wednesday showed Ziad Abu Ein, 55, was struck by Israeli forces, a Palestinian official declared Thursday, as Palestinian leadership promises retaliation. Hussein al-Sheikh told Reuters that Jordanian and Palestinian doctors involved in the late night examination of the body said Abu […]

December 11th, 2014
Al Akhbar
December 11th, 2014
By Al Akhbar

Reports: An autopsy on a Palestinian minister who died in the occupied West Bank Wednesday showed Ziad Abu Ein, 55, was struck by Israeli forces, a Palestinian official declared Thursday, as Palestinian leadership promises retaliation. Hussein al-Sheikh told Reuters that Jordanian and Palestinian doctors involved in the late night examination

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Israel’s Got 99 problems. Are You One Of Them?

Because everyone else is. Even Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is on this list.

March 22nd, 2014
Noga Tarnopolsky
March 22nd, 2014
By Noga Tarnopolsky
Benjamin Netanyahu Sara Ben-Artzi

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minishttps://www.mintpressnews.com/wp-admin/post-new.phpter Benjamin Netanyahu is having a bad week. Problems are literally dropping from the sky — in the case of the missiles in Southern Israel — but they’re also popping up in Netanyahu’s own household, in his scandal-ridden cabinet, and in the crucial ties between

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