In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “the 17th chief of staff”. Today it says “israeli politician and former chief of staff of the israel defense forces”.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “the 17th chief of staff”. Today it says “israeli politician and former chief of staff of the israel defense forces”.
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The opening as it read in 2005
He was appointed on July 2002 and served in this position until June 2005 . He began his service in the Nahal Brigade but in reserve duty he served in the Paratroopers Brigade . He has vast combat experience as an infantry and a commando in a Sayeret elite unit. In the 1990s he served as a high-ranking officer and commanded large-scale units and systems. Yaalon served as head of A'man , Israel's Military Intelligence , during 1995 - 2002 .1
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Moshe "Bogie" Ya'alon ( ; born Moshe Smilansky on 24 June 1950) is an Israeli politician and former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces .He currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Likud , as well as the country's Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Strategic Affairs .
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Moshe Ya'alon ( ; born Moshe Smilansky on 24 June 1950) is an Israeli politician and former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces . He currently serves as Defense Minister .
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Israeli politician Moshe Ya'alon, Chief of General Staff Moshe "Bogie" Ya'alon ( ; born Moshe Smilansky on 24 June 1950) is an Israeli politician and former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces , who also served as Israel's Defense Minister under Benjamin Netanyahu from 2013 until his resignation on 20 May 2016.Ya'alon ran for Knesset in 2019 as the number three member of the Blue and White party, a joint list created by the merging of the Israel Resilience Party , led by former IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz , and Yesh Atid , led by Yair Lapid .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Israeli general and politician Moshe "Bogie" Ya'alon ( ; born Moshe Smilansky on 24 June 1950) is an Israeli politician and former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces , who also served as Israel's Defense Minister under Benjamin Netanyahu from 2013 until his resignation on 20 May 2016. Ya'alon ran for Knesset in 2019 as the number three member of the Blue and White party, a joint list created by the merging of the Israel Resilience Party , led by former IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz , and Yesh Atid , led by Yair Lapid . Ya'alon briefly served as the number 2 on the Yesh Atid-Telem list that was created following the 2020 Israeli legislative election .Ya'alon retired from politics in the lead up to the 2021 election after testing the waters by splitting his Telem party from Yesh Atid .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Israeli general and politician Moshe " Bogie " Ya'alon ( Hebrew : משה יעלון ; born Moshe Smilansky ; 24 June 1950) is an Israeli politician and former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces , who also served as Israel's Defense Minister under Benjamin Netanyahu from 2013 until his resignation on 20 May 2016. Ya'alon ran for Knesset in 2019 as the number three member of the Blue and White party, a joint list created by the merging of the Israel Resilience Party , led by former IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz , and Yesh Atid , led by Yair Lapid . Ya'alon briefly served as the number 2 on the Yesh Atid-Telem list that was created following the 2020 Israeli legislative election . Ya'alon retired from politics in the lead up to the 2021 election after testing the waters by splitting his Telem party from Yesh Atid .
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the 17th chief of staff
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israeli politician and former chief of staff of the israel defense forces
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