Moshe Ya'alon

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Moshe "Bogie" Ya'alon (Hebrew: משה יעלון; born Moshe Smilansky; 24 June 1950) is a retired Israeli politician and former Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces. He served as Israel's Defense Minister under Benjamin Netanyahu from 2013 to 2016. He was elected in the April 2019 Israeli election as part of the Blue and White list, and served in the Knesset as a member of the faction until joining the Yesh Atid-Telem created following the 2020 election. Ya'alon retired from politics in the lead up to the 2021 election after splitting his Telem party from Yesh Atid.

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