(1948- ) A Jewish Israeli political and military figure of Iranian origin. Mofaz immigrated to Israel in 1957. He had a long career in the Israeli military, his top post being that of Chief of the General Staff from 1998-2002. During the Second Intifada, he trained the Israeli military for guerilla warfare in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and increased the military’s use of Palestinian home demolitions and blockades of Palestinian areas. Mofaz entered politics in 2002, serving as Defense Minister until 2006 and Minister of Transportation from 2006-2009. In 2005, he switched party affiliations from Likud to the newly formed Kadima party. He still serves in the Israeli parliament as a member of Kadima. See Berf, Raffi. “Profile: Israeli defence chief Shaul Mofaz.” 3 November 2002. BBC. 221 August 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2381785.stm; and “Shaul Mofaz.” The Knesset. 21 August 2011. http://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=720.  http://www.justvision.org/glossary/mofaz-shaul