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Shaul Mofaz

Type: Person

Name: Shaul Mofaz

Title: Minister of Defense

Organization: Israel

Date of Birth: 1948

Place of Birth: Iran

Nationality: Israel

Fact Sheet: Biography for Shaul Mofaz

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

Q&A: Wider conflict brewing?

(CNN) -- Israel is taking steps to defend itself against threatened retaliation from Syria after claims it launched a night assault on a suburb of the capital Damascus on Sunday. This was believed to be the second Israeli attack in three days.The country ... [Published CNN - May 12 2013]

Entities: Israel, Hizballah, Syria

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 2 reports

U.N. peacekeepers seized in Syria

Read a version of this story in Arabic.(CNN) -- Turkey's prime minister, a staunch critic of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime, on Tuesday called Israel's recent airstrikes in Syria "unacceptable."Recep Tayyip Erdogan made the statement in the ... [Published CNN - May 07 2013]

Entities: Syria, Peacekeeping, Chemical Weapon, Israel

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

New Israeli Airstrikes Hit Syria’s Damascus

Damascus woke up early on Sunday as a wave of blasts rocked its countryside, with the Syrian sources stressing the attacks were Israeli raids.Syrian media reported that the airstrikes targeted the Jamraya military research center in the Eastern Ghouta ... [Published Al Manar TV - May 06 2013]

Entities: Damascus, Syria, Zionists, Hizballah

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Human rights group says at least 100 missing

Damascus, Syria (CNN) -- Concern over the possibility of broader war in the Middle East grew Monday in the wake of reported airstrikes on Syrian military installations.The reported strikes killed 42 Syrian soldiers, the opposition Syrian Observatory for ... [Published CNN - May 06 2013]

Entities: Syria, Israel, Chemical Weapon

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 2 reports

Hizballah

Q&A: Is Syrian war escalating to wider conflict?

Entities: Israel, Hizballah, Syria

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 3 reports

SYRIA: Israeli warplanes strike Damascus in escalation

Smoke and fire fill the the skyline over Damascus, Syria Israeli warplanes struck areas in and around the Syrian capital yesterday, setting off a series of explosions as they targeted a shipment of highly accurate, Iranian-made guided missiles believed ... [Published Macau Daily Times - May 06 2013]

Entities: Damascus, Syria, Hizballah, Israel, Escalation

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 5 reports

Syria: Attack on military facility was a 'declaration of war' by Israel

By Frederik Pleitgen and Sara Sidner A Syrian official called an attack Sunday on the nation's military research facility a "declaration of war" by Israel. In an interview with CNN, Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al Mekdad said the attack represented ... [Published CNN Security Clearance - May 05 2013]

Entities: Israel, Syria, Declaration of War, Hizballah, Military/Armed Forces

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Olmert to run for Knesset in next election

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert announced in a meeting in London two weeks ago that he is aiming to secure the top job in Israeli politics once again.At a charity fundraising dinner held at the Goldman Sachs offices in Canary Wharf, Mr Olmert ... [Published Jewish Chronicle - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Knesset, Elections, Kadima Party, Benjamin Netanyahu

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

A winning team (or not)

Peres meets ministers, for January 2013 coalition Photo: Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem PostThe current government was supposed to bring about wide-ranging socioeconomic change. At least it should, based on the outcome of the election.The election victors, ... [Published Jerusalem Post - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Shaul Mofaz, Yair Lapid, Benjamin Netanyahu, Naftali Bennett, Tzipi Livni

First reported Mar 17 2013 - Updated Mar 17 2013 - 1 reports

Israeli military chief's tenure likely to be extended: media

JERUSALEM, March 17 (Xinhua) -- In view of the ongoing unrest in the Middle East, Israel's defense minister-designate Moshe Ya' alon is mulling to extend the tenure of army chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, to a fourth year, the Yedioth Ahronoth daily ... [Published Xinhua News Agency - Mar 17 2013]

Entities: Moshe Ya'alon, Benny Gantz, Military/Armed Forces

First reported Mar 17 2013 - Updated Mar 17 2013 - 1 reports

Kadima Chairman Praises Solodkin’s ‘Work for Social Justice’

Kadima Chairman MK Shaul Mofaz praises former party member and MK Marina Solodkin for her efforts on behalf of Israeli social justice. ... [Published Arutz Sheva News - Mar 17 2013]

Entities: Marina Solodkin, Kadima Party, Shaul Mofaz

First reported Feb 22 2013 - Updated Feb 22 2013 - 1 reports

Netanyahu, Bennett representatives to meet today; coalition prospects remain unclear

Representatives of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud-Beitenu faction and Naftali Bennett’s Jewish Home party are scheduled to meet this morning in Ramat Gan, in order to discuss the possibility of brokering a coalition agreement between the two ... [Published BICOM News - Feb 22 2013]

Entities: Coalition, Benjamin Netanyahu, Shaul Mofaz, Yesh Atid, Yair Lapid

Quotes

"Hezbollah is deeply involved up to its neck in what is happening in Syria," Mofaz said, before adding "hezbollah helps the iranians navigate against the rebels."

Q&A: Wider conflict brewing? [Published CNN - May 12 2013]

More Content

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Q&A: Wider conflict brewing? [Published CNN - May 12 2013]
Demonstrating the partisan “Israeli” map [Published Islam Times - May 11 2013]
U.N. peacekeepers seized in Syria [Published CNN - May 07 2013]
The Next Round: Will Netanyahu Retain His Title? [Published Jewish Press - May 07 2013]
Turkish PM calls Israel's Syria strikes 'unacce... [Published CNN - May 07 2013]
New Israeli Airstrikes Hit Syria’s Damascus [Published Al Manar TV - May 06 2013]
Q&A: Is Syrian war escalating to wider conflict? [Published CNN - May 06 2013]
42 soldiers dead in Syria, group says [Published KEYT3 - May 06 2013]
Human rights group says at least 100 missing [Published CNN - May 06 2013]
SYRIA: Israeli warplanes strike Damascus in esc... [Published Macau Daily Times - May 06 2013]
World Reacts to Israeli Attack On Syria [Published Scoop - May 06 2013]
Israeli warplanes strike Damascus [Published Morning Star Online - May 06 2013]
Syrian regime accuses Israel of declaring war a... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 05 2013]
Israel's Huge Airstrike On Damascus Is As Much ... [Published Business Insider - May 05 2013]
Syria: Attack on military facility was a 'decla... [Published CNN Security Clearance - May 05 2013]
Israel escalates involvement in Syria conflict ... [Published National Post - Top Stories - May 05 2013]
Israel continues targeted strikes on Syria [Published Clarion-Ledger - May 05 2013]
Israeli Planes Strike Syria in Escalation [Published CNBC - May 05 2013]
Attack on military facility was a 'declaration ... [Published PANORAMA.am - May 05 2013]
Israel: We have the means to track Syrian weapons [Published CNN - May 05 2013]
Syria: Israel behind military site blast [Published KESQ - May 05 2013]
Syria Civil War: Israeli Jets Strike 'Research ... [Published International Business Times UK - May 05 2013]
Israeli warplanes strike Damascus [Published Times Live South Africa - May 05 2013]
Officials: Israeli Warplanes Strike Iranian Mis... [Published Naharnet - May 05 2013]
Israeli warplanes strike Syria in escalation [Published York Daily Record - May 05 2013]
Olmert to run for Knesset in next election [Published Jewish Chronicle - Apr 25 2013]
Allahu Akbar or Kol HaKavod [Published Israel National News - Apr 25 2013]
Prosecution: Bat Yam mayor to be indicted pendi... [Published Haaretz - Apr 23 2013]
A winning team (or not) [Published Jerusalem Post - Apr 18 2013]
Corridors of Power / Distrust over the truce [Published Haaretz - Apr 16 2013]

Blogs

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Syria: Attack on military facility was a 'decla... [Published CNN Security Clearance - May 05 2013] By Frederik Pleitgen and Sara Sidner A Syrian official called an attack Sunday on the nation's military research facility a "declaration of war" by Israel. In an interview with CNN, Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al Mekdad said the attack represented ...
Politico Delights in Supposed Obama Victory in ... [Published Breitbart Feed - Mar 21 2013] Politico, ever eager to paint Barack Obama in a positive light, has an article about the supposed thaw in relations between Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Politico delights in Netanyahu’s weakness and Obama’s strength as Obama ...
The only hope to upend the political landscape ... [Published Mondoweiss - Jan 25 2013] A sign at the mass rally in Tel Aviv on August 6. The Arabic text reads "irhal!" (Go!) and the Hebrew underneath reads "Egypt is here." Image from activestills.org Try for a moment to imagine a scenario leading up to a revolutionary situation in your ...
What If They Held an Election and Nobody Won? [Published TAPPED - Jan 23 2013] Here's the very short version of the Israeli election results: Benjamin Netanyahu ran unopposed—and lost. But he's still got a very good chance of returning to the prime minister's office. In his last term, Netanyahu brought a total breakdown of negotiations ...
Israeli Election 2013: Right And Left Blocs Tie [Published Ari Rusila's BalkanBlog - Jan 23 2013] The results of Israeli elections 2013 spell one of the narrowest gaps ever noted between the Right and Center-Left blocs in the Knesset – both blocs are about tie and one aspect is that Three Arab parties got 12 members to new Knesset. Now PM Netanyahu ...