In a stinging rebuke to Israel’s leader, Moshe Yaalon claimed during his resignation speech two weeks ago that the government had been taken over by – quote – “dangerous and extreme elements”. By stepping down, he paved the way for Avigdor Lieberman to take his place, a man seen by many as a conservative hardliner and a person unlikely to have any positive dealings with the Palestinians.
Now that Moshe Yaalon is on the verge of challenging Prime-Minister Netanyahu for the premiership, the incumbent Israeli leader might be regretting the fact that he’s just created a new high-profile political enemy.
Kirill Koktysh, Associate Professor at MGIMO-University (studio guest); Professor Meir Litvak of the department of Middle Eastern history and the director for the Alliance Center of Iranian Studies at Tel Aviv University; and Ben Hartman, reporter for The Jerusalem Post shared their thoughts on the issue.
