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Another Reason Why Barak’s Resignation Spells Relief for Judea and Samaria

Moshe Ya'alon is likely to replace Ehud Barak.
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Prime Minister Netanyahu (R) with Vice Prime Minister Moshe (Boogie) Ya'alon during a Knesset session.

Prime Minister Netanyahu (R) with Vice Prime Minister Moshe (Boogie) Ya'alon during a Knesset session.
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Here’s an opinion in the New Republic on Ehud Barak’s departure from the defense ministry which…

will have far-reaching implications for Israeli policy. That’s because the man most likely to replace Barak, Strategic Affairs Minister and Vice Prime Minister Moshe “Bogie” Ya’alon, disagrees with him on two of Israel’s most contentious issues: Iran’s nuclear program and West Bank settlements…

Though Ya’alon supported the 1993 Oslo Accords, in recent years he has shifted right on the Palestinian issue. At a 2009 conference, he called the group Peace Now a “virus” and said—regarding U.S. pressure over settlements—that he was “not afraid of the Americans.” “From my perspective,” he was quoted as saying, “Jews can and need to live in all of the Land of Israel for all eternity.”  Ya’alon elaborated on his thoughts in the Ha’aretz interview with Ari Shavit:

Ya’alon: As long as the other side is not ready to recognize our right to exist as the nation-state of the Jewish people, I am not ready to forgo a millimeter. I am not even willing to talk about territory. After land-for-peace became land-for-terror and land-for-rockets, I am no longer willing to bury my head in the sand. In the reality of the Middle East what is needed is stability above all. Stability is achieved not by means of imaginary agreements on the White House lawn but by means of defense, by means of a thick stick and a carrot.

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About the Author: Yisrael Medad resides in Shiloh and is foreign media spokesperson for the Yesha Council of Jewish Communities


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  1. Rc Fowler says:
    November 28, 2012 at 2:27 AM

    Ehud Barak is an evil man–but his actions as defense minister were with the approval of Netanayhu.

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