Moshe Yaalon made it clear that he intends to run for prime minister of Israel less than a month after resigning as defense minister and from the Knesset. “I intend to run for the leadership in Israel ...

The longest war of an endless Israeli-Palestinian conflict has come to challenge Israel’s own image and understanding of itself. By Roger Cohen, David Guttenfelder and Saher Alghorra The comments by ...

Moshe Yaalon, the recently deposed Israeli defense minister, declared his candidacy for prime minister today in a surprise announcement in an address to the annual Herzliya Conference, Israel’s ...

Israel’s defense minister and the Anti-Defamation League lavished praise on U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on the day he announced his resignation. The tributes from Moshe Yaalon and the ADL on ...

A former Israeli defense minister has accused his country of committing war crimes and ethnic cleansing in the Gaza Strip, in a rare criticism from Israel’s own security community about military ...

Syrian President Bashar Assad responded to past warnings about the security of chemical weapons by taking steps to keep them out of the hands of militants, Israel's vice prime minister Moshe Yaalon ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Israel's Defence Minister Yaalon gives a statement to the press at the Kirya Army base in Tel Aviv, Israel By Crispian ...

Former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon has found a new job at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy as its Rosenblatt Distinguished Visiting Fellow. The Washington Institute, an ...

Although Benjamin Netanyahu’s next defence minister shares his deep distrust of the Palestinians, the two could yet clash about when – and whether – Israel should go to war with Iran. Ex-general Moshe ...

Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon is in hot water again with the United States for caustic criticism of his country’s main ally that has put more strain on already testy relations with the Obama ...

Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon defended the Israeli soldiers who allegedly shot dead two Palestinians at a West Bank protest. Yaalon in a statement Tuesday said the soldiers acted appropriately ...

Yaalon said there are currently no existential threats facing Israel and accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of fear mongering to distract them from the nation's serious problems. JERUSALEM (JTA ...