Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon (Likud) will take off tonight (Sunday) for a three-day visit to the United States.
Ya'alon will be in Washington as the guest of Defense Secretary Ashton Carter. The two are expected to discuss strategies for dealing with developments in the Middle East, strengthening ties and cooperation between both countries' defense establishments.
The Defense Minister will also visit the facility in which F-35 planes are developed, as well as other military installations. He will meet with students at the National Defense University, and will participate in the Israeli embassy's memorial for assassinated Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.