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Moshe Dayan

Israeli military leader and politician (1915-1981) · Israel · Politicians · Died at 66

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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.

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1981Died16 October 19811977“If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.”In their words17 October 1977As quoted in Newsweek (17 October 1977)

1976“In two cases I did not fulfill my role as defense minister, in that I did not stop things that I was sure should have been stopped.”In their wordsOn Israeli settlements on the Golan Heights and in Hebron, in a private conversation in 1976 with Rami Tal, as quoted in Associated Press

1973“There is no more Palestine. Finished . . .”In their words30 July 1973As quoted in TIME Magazine (30 July 1973)

1969“We came to this country which was already populated by Arabs, and we are establishing a Hebrew, that is a Jewish state here.”In their words19 March 1969From an address given to Technion University students (19 March 1969), a transcription of which appeared in Ha'aretz (4 April 1969), quoted

1967“The Israeli army is called a "defense force" but it is not a defensive army. . . .”In their wordsApril 1967April 1967. This quote is the epigraph to The Israeli Military and the Origins of the 1967 War by Ami Gluska (Routledge, 2007), ISBN:

“Along the Syria border there were no farms and no refugee camps - there was only the Syrian army... The kibbutzim saw the good agricultural land … and they dreamed about it...”In their wordsOn pre-1967 clashes with the Syrians, from a private conversation in 1976 with Rami Tal, as quoted in The New York Times and Associated

1956Grand Officer of the Legion of HonourAward1915Born20 May 1915

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10 statements, newest first

  1. If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

    Oct 17, 1977, As quoted in Newsweek (17 October 1977), Own words

  2. In two cases I did not fulfill my role as defense minister, in that I did not stop things that I was sure should have been stopped.

    1976, On Israeli settlements on the Golan Heights and in Hebron, in a private conversation in 1976 with Rami Tal, as quoted in Associated Press, Own words

  3. There is no more Palestine. Finished . . .

    Jul 30, 1973, As quoted in TIME Magazine (30 July 1973), Own words

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Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour1956
Distinguished Service Order
Knight of the Legion of Honour
Israeli military decorations

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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.

Country
Israel
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1915 to 1981 · aged 66

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