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{{Person | {{Person | ||
|wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaul_Mofaz | |wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaul_Mofaz | ||
| − | |alma_mater= | + | |alma_mater=Bar-Ilan University,US Marine Corps Command and Staff College |
| + | |nationality=Israeli | ||
|image=Shaul_Mofaz.jpg | |image=Shaul_Mofaz.jpg | ||
| − | |constitutes=Soldier, Politician | + | |constitutes=Soldier, Politician, spook? |
|birth_date=4 November 1948 | |birth_date=4 November 1948 | ||
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|political_parties=Kadima | |political_parties=Kadima | ||
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| − | |description=Former Israeli Military Chief of Staff and Minister of Defense | + | |description=Former Israeli Military Chief of Staff and Minister of Defense. Family plays a mysterious role into Malaysian Airlines planes. |
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| − | |title= | + | |title=Israel/Defense Forces/Chief of Staff |
|start=9 July 1998 | |start=9 July 1998 | ||
|end=9 July 2002 | |end=9 July 2002 | ||
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
| − | Mofaz was born Shahrām Mofazzazkār on 4 November [[1948]] in [[Tehran]], [[Iran]], to Persian Jewish parents from Isfahan, and lived in Tehran until his family moved to Israel in 1957 when he was nine years old. | + | Mofaz was born Shahrām Mofazzazkār on 4 November [[1948]] in [[Tehran]], [[Iran]], to Persian Jewish parents from [[Isfahan]], and lived in [[Tehran]] until his family moved to Israel in [[1957]] when he was nine years old. |
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
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After leaving the army, he entered politics. He was appointed [[Israel/Defence Ministry|Minister of Defense]] in 2002, holding the position until 2006 when he was elected to the Knesset on the Kadima list. He then served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transportation and Road Safety until 2009. After becoming Kadima leader in March 2012 he became Leader of the Opposition, before returning to the cabinet during a 70-day spell in which he served as Acting Prime Minister, Vice Prime Minister and [[Minister without Portfolio]]. Kadima was reduced to just two seats in the 2013 elections, and Mofaz retired from politics shortly before the 2015 elections. | After leaving the army, he entered politics. He was appointed [[Israel/Defence Ministry|Minister of Defense]] in 2002, holding the position until 2006 when he was elected to the Knesset on the Kadima list. He then served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transportation and Road Safety until 2009. After becoming Kadima leader in March 2012 he became Leader of the Opposition, before returning to the cabinet during a 70-day spell in which he served as Acting Prime Minister, Vice Prime Minister and [[Minister without Portfolio]]. Kadima was reduced to just two seats in the 2013 elections, and Mofaz retired from politics shortly before the 2015 elections. | ||
| − | {{ | + | ===MH 17=== |
| + | {{FA|Malaysia Airlines Flight 17}} | ||
| + | [[image:Mh17 RD-YaronMofaz.jpg|right|400px|thumb|It appears this was actually the last picture taken of [[MH17]] before the final flight.<ref>https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-ukraine-crisis-airplane-malaysia-stat/malaysia-airlines-says-flight-route-of-downed-plane-had-been-declared-safe-idUKKBN0FM35K20140717 saved at [https://web.archive.org/web/20200918121053/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-ukraine-crisis-airplane-malaysia-stat/malaysia-airlines-says-flight-route-of-downed-plane-had-been-declared-safe-idUKKBN0FM35K20140717 Archive.org] saved at [https://archive.is/rf0Fp Archive.is]</ref><ref>https://finance.yahoo.com/news/allianz-lead-insurer-willis-broker-jet-shot-down-021522698--sector.html saved at [http://web.archive.org/web/20200918121003/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/allianz-lead-insurer-willis-broker-jet-shot-down-021522698--sector.html Archive.org] saved at [https://archive.is/Lt1ht Archive.is]</ref> The photographer is named by [[Reuters]] as [[Yaron Mofaz]],<ref>http://archive.today/2020.09.18-125040/https://www.facebook.com/yaron.mofaz</ref> who is possibly related with [[Shaul Mofaz]], according to an investigation by [[Christopher Bollyn]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20191005170350/https://www.bollyn.com/the-israeli-photo-of-mh17-who-is-yaron-mofaz-2/?print=1</ref>]] | ||
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| + | Regarding MH 17, Israeli company GA Telesis - an aviation company headed by [[Aviv Tzur]] bought a written off plane from [[Malaysia Airlines]] to dismantle it, a 777-200. It was the only plane in their ''entire'' fleet, which was looking like the one that crashed and sat in their hangar at least since [[2013]], flying from [[France]] to [[Israel]] using a ''new'' registration number. | ||
| + | GA Telesis does business with Pentagon 2000, an aviation software company for Boeing-planes, which is an Israeli family business of the Mofaz family and the father of Shaul Mofaz, Avraham Mofaz,<ref>http://archive.today/2020.09.18-134009/http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/12748</ref> has sort of an "obituary" on the Pentagon 2000 website.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20131127124202/http://www.pentagon2000.com/mofaz/</ref><ref>see also: http://archive.today/2020.09.18-143136/https://www.mofaz.co.il/</ref> A branch company of Pentagon 2000 in [[Ireland]] listed as directors Gabriel Mofaz in [[New York]] and [[Yaron Mofaz]] in Israel, who likely is the person that took the last photo of the plane. Mofaz was very startled upon being called regarding these planes by Bollyn.<ref>https://www.bollyn.com/the-israeli-photo-of-mh17-who-is-yaron-mofaz-2/ saved at [http://web.archive.org/web/20191225203802/https://www.bollyn.com/the-israeli-photo-of-mh17-who-is-yaron-mofaz-2/ Archive.org] saved at [https://archive.is/hW0qB Archive.is]</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
Latest revision as of 08:52, 30 December 2023
 Shaul Mofaz    (Soldier, Politician, spook?) | |
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| Born | 4 November 1948 Tehran, Iran |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Alma mater | Bar-Ilan University, US Marine Corps Command and Staff College |
| Religion | Jewish |
| Party | Kadima |
Lieutenant General Shaul Mofaz is an Israeli former soldier and politician.
Contents
Background
Mofaz was born Shahrām Mofazzazkār on 4 November 1948 in Tehran, Iran, to Persian Jewish parents from Isfahan, and lived in Tehran until his family moved to Israel in 1957 when he was nine years old.
Career
He joined the Israel Defense Forces in 1966 and served in the Paratroopers Brigade. He fought in the Six-Day War, Yom Kippur War, 1982 Lebanon War, and Operation Entebbe with the paratroopers and Sayeret Matkal, an elite special forces unit. In 1998 he became the sixteenth IDF's Chief of the General Staff, serving until 2002.
After leaving the army, he entered politics. He was appointed Minister of Defense in 2002, holding the position until 2006 when he was elected to the Knesset on the Kadima list. He then served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transportation and Road Safety until 2009. After becoming Kadima leader in March 2012 he became Leader of the Opposition, before returning to the cabinet during a 70-day spell in which he served as Acting Prime Minister, Vice Prime Minister and Minister without Portfolio. Kadima was reduced to just two seats in the 2013 elections, and Mofaz retired from politics shortly before the 2015 elections.
MH 17
- Full article: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
- Full article: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Regarding MH 17, Israeli company GA Telesis - an aviation company headed by Aviv Tzur bought a written off plane from Malaysia Airlines to dismantle it, a 777-200. It was the only plane in their entire fleet, which was looking like the one that crashed and sat in their hangar at least since 2013, flying from France to Israel using a new registration number. GA Telesis does business with Pentagon 2000, an aviation software company for Boeing-planes, which is an Israeli family business of the Mofaz family and the father of Shaul Mofaz, Avraham Mofaz,[5] has sort of an "obituary" on the Pentagon 2000 website.[6][7] A branch company of Pentagon 2000 in Ireland listed as directors Gabriel Mofaz in New York and Yaron Mofaz in Israel, who likely is the person that took the last photo of the plane. Mofaz was very startled upon being called regarding these planes by Bollyn.[8]
References
- ↑ https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-ukraine-crisis-airplane-malaysia-stat/malaysia-airlines-says-flight-route-of-downed-plane-had-been-declared-safe-idUKKBN0FM35K20140717 saved at Archive.org saved at Archive.is
- ↑ https://finance.yahoo.com/news/allianz-lead-insurer-willis-broker-jet-shot-down-021522698--sector.html saved at Archive.org saved at Archive.is
- ↑ http://archive.today/2020.09.18-125040/https://www.facebook.com/yaron.mofaz
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20191005170350/https://www.bollyn.com/the-israeli-photo-of-mh17-who-is-yaron-mofaz-2/?print=1
- ↑ http://archive.today/2020.09.18-134009/http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/12748
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20131127124202/http://www.pentagon2000.com/mofaz/
- ↑ see also: http://archive.today/2020.09.18-143136/https://www.mofaz.co.il/
- ↑ https://www.bollyn.com/the-israeli-photo-of-mh17-who-is-yaron-mofaz-2/ saved at Archive.org saved at Archive.is
