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Blue and White breaks up as Gantz becomes Knesset speaker

World News // 4 years ago

Blue and White breaks up as Gantz becomes Knesset speaker

Israel's High Court of Justice has ordered an interim speaker to lead the Knesset and stage a vote Thursday to determine a permanent replacement, after parliamentary chairman Yuli Edelstein quit the post.

World News // 1 decade ago

Israeli airline flights to Turkey to resume after five-year hiatus

Israel will resume flights to Turkey after a five-year hiatus caused by security concerns, officials say.

World News // 1 decade ago

Kerry: $4B West Bank plan could underpin peace with Israel

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said a $4 billion plan to rebuild the West Bank economy could be a strong underpinning of a lasting peace with Israel.

World News // 1 decade ago

Vote-rigging in Israeli elections probed

Israeli Knesset Member Amir Peretz is denying allegations from the Labor Party that he was involved in a vote-buying scandal in party primaries.

Defense News // 1 decade ago

Israel's Iron Dome intercepts two missiles

Israel's Iron Dome defense system successfully intercepted two missiles fired at Tel Aviv.

Defense News // 1 decade ago

'Israel needs double Iron Dome defenses'

Former Defense Minister Amir Peretz says Israel needs double the number of Iron Dome counter-rocket batteries it plans to buy to protect the home front.

World News // 1 decade ago

Ex-minister: Israel needs better defenses

A former Israeli defense minister says the country's missile defense system is not adequate.

Issue of the Day // 1 decade ago

Analysis: Israel's Olmert on the skids

Ehud Olmert's days as prime minister of Israel are numbered, maybe in the single digits: His powerful and respected defense minister, Ehud Barak, has called on him to resign.

Defense News // 1 decade ago

BMD Watch: Olmert backs Iron Dome

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert signaled his strong support for his country's ballistic missile defense development program Tuesday when he took a trip to Rafael Advanced Industries and received an update there on the nation's two premier BMD systems.

Defense News // 1 decade ago

BMD Focus: BMD around the world -- Part 1

2007 was a year when major industrial nations divided into tortoises and hares in their policies towards ballistic missile defense.

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I don't think anyone is authorized to say that the decision of the government to go to war was hasty
Analysis: Barak, U.S. set to talk rockets Oct 18, 2007

I know I am being made to pay the price for past failures and I surrender to that. I ask just one thing: That you all keep your eyes open -- Knesset members, ministers and you the people of Israel
New Israel defense minister takes office Jun 19, 2007

As a man of peace I tell you, you have to warn the international community that all the goodwill it expressed toward the unity government in the Palestinian Authority has to stop
Peretz asks EU to maintain PA boycott May 22, 2007

We will not turn down any operative proposal that would help prevent any of our enemies from harming us
Defense minister: Israel won't occupy Gaza May 19, 2007

A large-scale land incursion into Gaza does not serve Israel's security
Defense minister: Israel won't occupy Gaza May 19, 2007

Amir Peretz (Hebrew: עמיר פרץ‎, Arabic: عمير بيريتز‎; born Armand Peretz on 9 March 1952) is an Israeli politician and member of the Knesset for the Labour Party. He is a former Defense Minister of Israel and former leader of the Labour Party, having left those positions in June 2007.

Peretz is the former chairman of the Histadrut trade union federation and defeated Shimon Peres in the primary elections for the Labour leadership on 9 November 2005. He led the Labour Party to a second place showing in the 2006 elections and became Defense Minister on 4 May 2006. He was defeated by Ehud Barak for the Labour leadership on 12 June 2007 and resigned from the cabinet.

Peretz was born as Armand Peretz in the town of Boujad in Morocco. His father was head of the Jewish community in Boujad and owned a petrol station. The family emigrated to Israel when Morocco won independence in 1956. They were settled in the development town of Sderot, where Peretz graduated from high school.

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