Biography Of Moshe Dayan
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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
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.... 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 w ....
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