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Moshe Dayan
Moshe Dayan was an Israeli military leader and politician. As commander of the Jerusalem front in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (1953–1958) during the 1956 Sinai War, and as Defense Minister during the Six-Day War in 1967, he became a worldwide fighting symbol of the new state of Israel.
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politics · Israeli military leader and politician (1915–1981) · military personnel · politician · archaeologist · soldier · minister · also Moshe Dayan, Moshe Daian, Dayan
Born 20 May 1915 · Died 16 October 1981 · Q188783
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2026· 5 entries
“And you must remember, this was a time in which agricultural land was considered the most important and valuable thing.”
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“She is divorced and I am divorced. I am no Cohen (priest) and no mamzer (bastard) so there was no trouble.”
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“I think that Dayan himself didn”
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“I reflected with considerable misgivings on my future as a cripple without a skill, trade, or profession to provide for my family.”
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2005· 1 entry
His eye patch was offered for sale on eBay with a starting bid of US$75,000
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1981· 4 entries
Died 1981-10-16.
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“If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.”
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“There is no more Palestine. Finished . . .”
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“It is not in our hands to prevent the murder of workers… and families… but it is in our hands to fix a high price for our blood, so high that the Arab community and the Arab military forces will not be willing to pay it.”
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1979· 1 entry
Was diagnosed with colon cancer and underwent an operation to remove the tumor, which involved the removal of a small portion of his colon
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1977· 3 entries
Following the election of Menachem Begin as Prime Minister, Dayan was expelled from the Israeli Labor Party because he joined the Likud-led government as Foreign Minister, playing an important part in negotiating the pea
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Career landmark: Minister of Foreign Affairs, Israel (1977–1979).
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Despite having been re-elected to the Knesset for the Alignment, he accepted the offer to become Foreign Minister in the new Likud government led by Menachem Begin
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1973· 1 entry
Two years after the divorce, Dayan married Rachel Korem in a simple ceremony performed by Rabbi Mordechai Piron, the second chief military rabbi of the IDF, at the Pirons' home
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1972· 1 entry
David Ben-Gurion Letter on Moshe Dayan's Appointment as Minister of Defense Shapell Manuscript Foundation
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1971· 1 entry
Due to his numerous extramarital affairs
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1969· 2 entries
Following the death of Levi Eshkol, Dayan remained defense minister
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During an address to the students at Technion University in Haifa, Dayan regretted the fact that students are unfamiliar with the Arab villages that once inhabited the land: "We came to this country which was already pop
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1967· 3 entries
Dayan bypassed both the Prime Minister and the Chief of the General Staff in ordering the Israeli army to attack and capture the Golan
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Became a worldwide fighting symbol of the new state of Israel
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Career landmark: Minister of Defense of Israel (1967–1974).
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1966· 1 entry
Dayan used his connections to have himself embedded with American forces fighting the Vietnam War as an observer for Maariv, The Sunday Telegraph, and The Washington Post, for which he wrote a series of articles about th
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1965· 1 entry
Dayan joined with the group of Ben-Gurion loyalists who defected from Mapai to form Rafi
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1959· 3 entries
Career landmark: Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (1959–1964).
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A year after he retired from the IDF, Dayan joined Mapai, the Israeli centre-left party, then led by David Ben-Gurion
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Career landmark: Knesset member (1959–1981).
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1956· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (1956).
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1955· 1 entry
“s opposition, three paratroop companies attacked the British-built Tegart fort in Khan Yunis. Operation Elkayam directives called for”
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1953· 1 entry
Career landmark: Chief of the General Staff (1953–1958).
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1952· 1 entry
Studied at Senior Officers' School (1951–1952).
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1950· 1 entry
Moshe Dayan also ordered the Israeli army to destroy the Shrine of Husayn's Head, more than a year after hostilities ended
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1949· 1 entry
Had at least five face-to-face meetings with King Abdullah of Jordan over the Armistice Agreement and the search for a long-term peace agreement
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1947· 2 entries
Dayan was appointed to the Haganah General Staff working on Arab affairs, in particular recruiting agents to gain information about irregular Arab forces in Palestine
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At a hospital in Paris, which proved to be unsuccessful
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1938· 1 entry
Joined the British-organised irregular Jewish Supernumerary Police and led a small motorized patrol ("MAN")
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1935· 1 entry
Married Wilhelmina (Miriam) Wagner, an Austrian-Jewish woman, to secure her immigration to Palestine
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1915· 1 entry
Born 1915-05-20.
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