GUEST OF HONOUR MOSHE YA’ALON RECENT DEFENCE MINISTER OF ISRAEL & CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE IDF Moshe Ya'alon was born in 1950 in Kiryat Haim, a suburb of Haifa. He was drafted into the Nahal Paratroopers Regiment in 1968 and fought in the War of Attrition (1967-1970). He served as a reserve Paratrooper during the Yom Kippur War, and was part of the first brigade to cross the Suez Canal. Ya’alon was appointed as Chief of Staff of the IDF in 2002 and served in that position…