# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/moshe-dayan
# Generated: 2026-08-31T15:55:45.571Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/moshe-dayan"
name: "Moshe Dayan"
slug: "moshe-dayan"
description: "The black eye patch made him the face of Israeli military might in the wars that defined the country's first decades — a battlefield commander turned politician whose image became inseparable from the idea of Israel itself."
tagline: "Israeli military leader and politician (1915–1981)"
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birthDate: "1915-05-20"
deathDate: "1981-10-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Dayan joined the Haganah in the 1930s and served under Orde Wingate during the Arab revolt, losing an eye to a Vichy sniper in Lebanon during World War II. He commanded the Jerusalem front in 1948, then served as Chief of Staff through the 1956 Sinai War. Appointed Defense Minister just before June 1967, he led Israel through the Six-Day War at the height of his influence. The Yom Kippur War six years later ended differently: blamed for unpreparedness, he resigned with Golda Meir's government in 1974. He broke with Labor in 1977 to serve as Menachem Begin's Foreign Minister, helping negotiate the peace treaty with Egypt before his death in 1981.