Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed on Sunday Moshe Yaalon as the occupying entity’s new Defense Minister.

Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed on Sunday Moshe Yaalon as the occupying entity’s new Defense Minister.

A hardliner, who has constantly supported expanding the settlement process to establish a greater “Israel” that encompasses all Palestine, was named to succeed Ehud Barak, according to a statement issued by the Likud party.

"In a period so critical to the security of the state of Israel, with all the region around us in turmoil, it is important that this position be filled by a man so rich in experience as Moshe Yaalon," Netanyahu said in the statement.

"In the name of all the citizens of Israel, I wish him success," he further said.

Netanyahu had formally notified Saturday eveing, the Zionist entity’s President Shimon Peres that he had formed a new government, which will be sworn in on Monday, just two days before the arrival of US President Barack Obama.