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by Moshe Yaalon
Jan 3, 2006

Also published in Baltimore Sun
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Moshe Yaalon

Moshe "Bogie" Yaalon, Israel's former defense minister and military chief of staff, was the Rosenblatt Distinguished Visiting Fellow at The Washington Institute in 2016.

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