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 1990's he served as a high-ranking officer and commanded large-scales units and systems.
Ya'alon's public pronouncements have been controversial. For example he told the Haaretz Newspaper on 27 August 2002,
"the Palestinian threat harbors cancer-like attributes that have to be severed. There are all kinds of solutions to cancer. Some say it's necessary to amputate organs but at the moment I am applying chemotheraphy."
External links
Biography from Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0lze0)
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