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As commander of the Jerusalem front in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (1953–1958) during the 1956 Sinai War, and especially as Defense Minister during the Six-Day War in 1967, he became a worldwide fighting symbol of the new state of Israel.
May 16, 2024 · Moshe Dayan (born May 20, 1915, Deganya, Palestine [now in Israel]—died Oct. 16, 1981, Tel Aviv, Israel) was a soldier and statesman who led Israel to dramatic victories over its Arab neighbours and became a symbol of security to his countrymen.
May 18, 2023 · For a generation, Moshe Dayan, Israel’s legendary eye-patched general, was a national icon. Born May 20, 1915, his saga was one of rise and fall, and rise again. On the eve of the June 1967 Six...
Moshe Dayan was an Israeli military leader who later became a crusader for peace. He played a crucial role in four wars and helped negotiate the Israel-Egypt peace treaty. Dayan was born on kibbutz Deganya Alef, near Lake Kinneret, to parents Shemuel and Devorah on May 20, 1915.
Apr 28, 2016 · When Moshe Dayan delivered the defining speech of Zionism. 60 years ago, as he eulogized a ‘thin blond lad’ named Roi Rotberg killed by Palestinian gunmen on the Gaza border, the IDF chief of...
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Jun 11, 2018 · Moshe Dayan. The Israeli general and statesman Moshe Dayan (1915-1981) served as minister of defense of Israel, beginning in 1967. Moshe Dayan was born in the kibbutz of Degania, Palestine, in 1915. His father Samuel, a farmer, was a founder of Degania and Nahalal and a leader of the cooperative settlement (moshavim) movement. During the riots ...
Moshe Dayan was one of the initiators of contact with Egypt. He met the King of Morocco and Hassan Tohami, the representative of the Egyptian president Anwar el-Sadat. He was a major contributor to the Camp David Accords, and to the signing of peace agreements with Egypt.
Oct 17, 1981 · Moshe Dayan, the Israeli soldier-statesman, died of a heart ailment today in Tel Aviv's Sheba Medical Center. He was 66 years old. Mr. Dayan was rushed to the...
Oct 17, 2021 · The Israeli general and politician Moshe Dayan was one of the most iconic and photogenic figures in the country's history. We dove into the National Library collections and selected a handful of pictures that captured both historic and personal moments in his eventful life
Moshe Dayan: From bed to battlefield. A new biography of Israel’s most swashbuckling soldier-statesman happily succumbs to his charm. Share via. I first heard Moshe Dayan’s name when I...
