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Moshe Dayan
Israeli general and statesman. For 25 years, he figured prominently in all of Israel's wars and more than anyone else personified his country's determination to survive. He was born on a kibbutz (cooperative farm) near Lake Tiberias (Sea of Galilee) on May 20, 1915. At the age of 14 he joined the Haganah (Jewish militia), which defended Jewish settlements from Arab attacks, and later received special antiguerrilla training from the British. When the British outlawed the Haganah in 1939, Dayan was arrested. Released in 1941, he served with the Allied forces that liberated Lebanon and Syria from the Vichy French. During this campaign he lost his left eye and adopted the black eye patch that became his distinguishing feature. During Israel's war of independence (1948-49) Dayan was a commander on the Jerusalem front. He became chief of Israel's general staff in 1953 and as such supervised the Sinai campaign of 1956. Leaving the army in 1958, he was elected to the Israeli Parliament in 1959 and served (1959-64) as minister of agriculture in the government of David Ben-Gurion. By popular demand, Dayan was made defense minister just before the Six-Day War of 1967, which greatly enhanced his reputation. He was, however, blamed for Israel's unpreparedness in the Yom Kippur War of 1973, and he subsequently resigned (1974). Named foreign minister in Menachem Begin's government in 1977, he played an important role in negotiating the peace treaty with Egypt signed in 1979. Later that year he resigned in protest against Begin's policies concerning the disputed West Bank territory. Moshe Dayan made great contributions to the state of Israel. On May 18, 1948, Major Dayan, during Israel's War of Independence, successfully defended a Jordan Valley sector against a much larger Syrian Army. On October 29, 1956 General Dayan l... Please login to view comments from other users.
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