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Moshe Dayan

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Moshe Dayan · Heroes of Israel

What

Israeli Chief of Staff and Defence Minister; commander in the 1956 and 1967 wars

When

1915, Kibbutz Degania Alef, Ottoman Palestine — 1981, Tel Aviv, Israel

Where

Israel

Biography

Moshe Dayan is recognized among Israeli contributors to Heroes of Israel — Israeli Chief of Staff and Defence Minister; commander in the 1956 and 1967 wars

How & why

Moshe Dayan was an Israeli military commander and statesman, chief of staff of the IDF during the 1956 Sinai campaign and defense minister during the 1967 Six-Day War, later serving as foreign minister and helping negotiate the Egypt–Israel peace treaty. He was Jewish, born at Kibbutz Degania, the first kibbutz, and became a national symbol recognizable by his eyepatch. His career spanned the founding decades of the State of Israel.

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Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)

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Israeli Chief of Staff and Defence Minister; commander in the 1956 and 1967 wars

1967

Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)