Gabi_Ashkenazi - ISRAELI DEFENSE CHIEF CHANGE

ISRAELI DEFENSE CHIEF CHANGE

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert embraces Lieutenant General Gabi Ashkenazi as he takes over as the 19th Israel Defense Forces chief of staff, replacing Dan Halutz, on February 14, 2007. Ashkenazi said during the handover ceremony that the IDF is ready to implement the lessons of the second Lebanon war. The handover ceremony took place at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem. (UPI Photo/Rina Castelnuovo/POOL)


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International pressure could change Iran
JERUSALEM, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Actions by the international community could lead to internal change in Iran, Israel's chief of staff said.
JERUSALEM, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- The possibility of Iran becoming a nuclear power not only threatens Israel and the Middle East but the entire free world, Israel's top army general says.
JERUSALEM, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- The Petah Tikva District Court Monday indicted an Israeli Arab for allegedly plotting with Hezbollah agents to kill Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi.
JERUSALEM, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- A young Israeli soldier dismissed from the army after being diagnosed with cancer appealed Tuesday, arguing she can serve during treatment.
JERUSALEM, July 28 (UPI) -- Israel is closely monitoring its northern border but doubts hostilities will break out, Israeli Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi said.
JERUSALEM, May 26 (UPI) -- Israeli military chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi says a nuclear-armed Iran could "destabilize the entire Middle East."
JERUSALEM, April 13 (UPI) -- The Israeli military Monday destroyed an unmanned Palestinian fishing boat packed with explosives and found floating off the shore of Gaza, officials said.
BRUSSELS, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A top Israeli defense official, during an address at the recent NATO meeting in Brussels, called global terrorism the greatest threat to international security.
TEHRAN, June 29 (UPI) -- Iran has missiles aimed at the site where the Israeli nuclear program is believed to be based, The Times of London reported Sunday.
JERUSALEM, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Israeli authorities warned installations at home and abroad to be on the alert after the assassination of senior Hezbollah terrorist Imad Mugniyah in Syria.
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